there/their/they’re Homophones

there There is used when making a statement: There are eleven players on a football team. Or when writing about place: Please put the groceries down over there. HINT: If you are using there to tell the reader where, both words have h-e-r-e. Here is also a place.

their Their means ‘belonging to them’: I went over to their house to watch TV. They always take their dog with them on vacations.

their HINT: If you are using their as a possessive pronoun, you are telling the reader what they own. Their has h-e-i-r, which also means heir, as in someone who inherits something. Both words have to do with ownership.

they’re They’re is used instead of ‘they are’: They’re going to the market on Saturday. I think they’re lovely cats.

they’re HINT: They're is a contraction of they are. Sound out they are in the sentence and see if it works. If it does not, it must be one of the previous versions.

I love the rides at Disneyland. I want to go ________. there/their/they’re there

My sister and her friend love Monopoly. I think ________ experts at the game. there/their/they’re they’re

Esdras and DeQuantae tuck in ________ shirts every day. there/their/they’re their

Did you know that Mr. Meehan is also ________ History teacher? there/their/they’re their

________ are four people sitting at table one. there/their/they’re There

Vanessa wants to go ________ for her next birthday party. there/their/they’re there

________ always excited to learn something new in English class. there/their/they’re They’re

The jumping kangaroos wanted to go ________ to eat ice cream, so ________ hopping down _______ street quickly. there/their/they’re there they’retheir

1. The teacher told them to leave …….. books on the desk. 2. Billy is always ……. on time. 3. ………. are over 900 students at our school. 4. Ask them if ……….. coming tomorrow. 5. Dad was pleased they had done well in ………. exams. 6. We’ll go to McDonalds if ………. is time. 7. ………. baking a cake for their Grandma. 8. Can you give me ……… telephone number? 9. My parents won’t be coming as ………… both working on Saturday. there/their/they’re

1. The teacher told them to leave …….. books on the desk. 2. Billy is always ……. on time. 3. ………. are over 900 students at our school. 4. Ask them if ……….. coming tomorrow. 5. Dad was pleased they had done well in ………. exams. 6. We’ll go to McDonalds if ………. is time. 7. ………. baking a cake for their Grandma. 8. Can you give me ……… telephone number? 9. My parents won’t be coming as ………… both working on Saturday. their there There they’re their there They’re their they’re