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Homophones

thereThere 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.

theirTheir 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’reThey’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 ________.

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• My sister and her friend love Monopoly. I think ________ experts at the game.

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• Esdras and DeQuantae tuck in ________ shirts every day.

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• Did you know that Mr. Meehan is also ________ History teacher?

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• ________ are four people sitting at table one.

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• Vanessa wants to go ________ for her next birthday party.

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• ________ always excited to learn something new in English class.

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• The jumping kangaroos wanted to go ________ to eat ice cream, so ________ hopping down _______ street quickly.

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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.

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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.

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