It's Blue. (How Many Words?)?

I would count It's blue as 3 words.

This whole exercise sees useless to me. In what way will it improve your English?

Clive

CliveI would count It's blue as 3 words.This whole exercise sees useless to me. In what way will it improve your English?Clive

Thanks for answering.

It's a kids book.

I teach kids the book.

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If that exercise is typical of the ones in the book, I suggest you find another book.

sb70012It's a kids book.

Then you can accept both 1 and 2 as the number of words in "It's". When the kids differ in what they believe the answer is, you have a "teaching moment". You can ask them why they chose 1 or 2 as the answer, and if they're old enough, you can talk about other contractions in English (don't, can't, he's, I've, ...). It's also a good lesson in how sometimes there is no single right answer to a question. You might even have the kids vote on whether the class will count such constructions as 1 or 2 words in future word-counting activities.

CJ

Is there any point at all in counting words?

fivejedjonIs there any point at all in counting words?

My typing instructor used to do it daily.

CJ

But it's not a good way to teach kids English.