Commonly Confused Words

I have many reasons to hate my evil twin sister, but one of the major ones is that she eats Long John Silver’s. She’s always trying to get me to go _________.

• there

• their

• they're

• thurrrrrrr

Answer explanation

There = destination. Remember, it contains 'here,' which is also a destination!

Every time I go to LJS, I get food poisoning and vom my guts out; ____ really not cute.

• its

• it's

• fastttttt foooooood seaaaaaafood's

My parents refuse to interfere; _______ unwilling to get in the middle of a sister-sister relationship.

• there

• they're

• their

• ???

_______ philosophy is that they should let us work it out between the two of us!

• there

• they're

• their

   So I hatched ___ plan: put poison in ___ awful 2-piece cod meal, and let her enjoy one 

last illness-inducing lunch.

• A; a

• An; an

• A; an

• An; a

It was ____ amazing idea until she had ___ unusual reaction to the cod and threw it up 

           (along with my poison :( ).

• A; a

• An; an

• A; an

• An; a

When she saw my disappointed face, she said, “______ such a good sister, feeling sorry 

             for me! Don’t worry, I’ll be okay.”

• Your

• You're

 Now, when I drive past a Long John Silver’s, I hate ___ stupid blue and yellow sign even 

              more deeply - it ruined my whole murder plan!

• its

• it's

Create a visual that shows what 'their' means and what 'there' means. See the example on the board for help.

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