They make great review activities for you or others who want to write these words correctly. If you'd like to spend some more time with these three troublesome words, try reading examples of sentences that use there, they're and their. Have a friend or family member read you a sentence out loud using one of these words, and see if you can use what you’ve learned about each word and context clues to identify whether there, their or they’re is used. As an example, 'The children are wearing their boots,' or, 'They drink. Possessive adjectives are used to show ownership, or what belongs to whom. For example, ' There is a coffee shop down the street,' or, 'The grocery store is over there. You’ll notice how words are used in their proper context and even when something seems to be written in error. There is used to tell or show where something is, to refer to a place. Read as many books, magazines and blogs as you possibly can. Truth be told, there’s no better way to become an English language expert than to read. And if you cant tell the difference from the way Im saying it thats because its really confusing and evil. Although the words will always sound the same, reading them aloud will help you visualize “their” to indicate possession and “there” to indicate “that place over there.” And its the difference between there, their and theyre. Homophones such as they’re, there, and there confuse kids, slip past spell check, and pop up all over the place as typos and misspellings.
Pay attention to each word’s usage in proper context. Homophones are words that sound the same when pronounced out loud but have different meanings. Go back and read each of the above sentences out loud. Talk about “their cool pencil case” or mention that the teacher’s dry erase marker is “over there” in a short story of your own creation. See if you can create your own sentences, using there, their and they’re. To master the difference between these terms, there are several different ways to turn practice into perfection.
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