HIS and IS

HIS AND IS
HIS and IS both have the same pronunciation but they belong to different parts of speech.
HIS is a pronoun: a possessive pronoun.
Example: His book.
IS is an auxiliary verb; auxiliary verb sometimes serve as a main verb in a sentence i.e. it can stand alone in a sentence.
Example: It is mine.
Take away: Great things have small beginnings. ---Francis Drake