1.  I hope that (its  it's) not too late to get to the meeting on time.

2.  The tree in the back yard has finally lost all of (its  t's) leaves.

3.  The car is so noisy because (its  it's) muffler fell off.

4.  (Its  It's) been almost forty years since you have traveled to your hometown

5.  Nobody thinks that (its  it's) a good idea to talk to Bob right now.

6.  Everyone knows that (its  it's ) his fault.

7.  Why did the television lose (its  it's) audio signal?

8.  Unfortunately, (its  it's) going to take a long time to solve this problem.

9.  A small plane lost (its it's) landing gear as the plane took off.

10. All things considered, (its  it's) taken much too long to finish this work.