There, Their, They’re There, their and they’re are all words that sound the same, but have different meanings and are spelt differently. These are called homophones.
You must know the difference between the three homophones This week we will look at the use of ‘there’…
There is used: To make a statement To describe a place
There 1. ‘There’ is used to make a statement: eg. There is a football match later on. 2. ‘There’ is used to describe a place: eg. The football match will happen over there.
A way to remember ‘there’… To remember that ‘there’ refers to a place, remember that ‘there’ has the word ‘here’ in it. Is she here yet? Yes, she’s over there.
Correct these sentences They’re sitting over their, eating their lunch. Shall we go over they’re? They’re eleven football players on a team. They put their shopping down there. They need to line up over their.
Answers They’re sitting over there, eating their lunch. Shall we go over there? There are eleven football players on a team. They put their shopping down there. – this was correct! They need to line up over there.