Question

The butterfly opened _____ wings when it emerged from the chrysalis. Options It's or its

Answer 1

The butterfly opened its wings when it emerged from the chrysalis.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Your choice of the word that best fits in must be "its."

Now, your sentence with appropriate option would be the following:

The butterfly opened 'its' wings when it emerged from the chrysalis.

Explanation:

We utilized 'its' instead of 'it's' because the latter is always short form of 'it is', also an informal speech. While 'its' means 'belonging to something (it)'. To be more lucid, I would say that just like his, 'its' happens to be a possessive pronoun.