Using the Word Their

There, their or they're

Poll

There, their, and they’re are the big trio of commonly confused words.

Do you get confused?

What are they?

• There is an adverb.

• Their is a possessive pronoun.

• They’re is a contraction of a pronoun and a verb.

Multiple Choice

Do you remember what is an adverb?

• A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

• A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.

• A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

Multiple Choice

Do you remember what is a pronoun?

• A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

• A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.

• A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

Multiple Choice

Do you remember what is a verb?

• A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

• A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.

• A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

The meaning

• There means the opposite of here; “at that place.”

• Their means “belongs to them.”

• They’re is a contraction of “they are” or “they were.”

Okay, let's try and see if we have learnt

Multiple Choice

... are people waiting outside.

• Their

• There

• They're

Multiple Choice

... being served.

• Their

• There

• They're

Multiple Choice

If anyone calls, ask for ... number.

• Their

• There

• They're