form and use

form	use	example
there	adverb: denoting a place	It’s in my bag over there on the chair.
	pronoun:  introducing a sentence	There is a thing you should know
their	possessive pronoun	I did not want to raise their hopes. People no longer know their neighbours.
they’re	contraction of they and are	They’re just kids. Give them a break. They’re both a little worried about their son.

there, their and they’re: exercises

Can you make the correct choice between there, their and they’re?

• exercise 1: multiple choice exercise
• exercise 2: multiple choice exercise
• exercise 3: multiple choice exercise
• exercise 4: multiple choice exercise
• exercise 5: multiple choice exercise
• exercise 6: multiple choice exercise
• exercise 7: multiple choice exercise

If you can, try filling in there, their and they’re correctly.

• exercise 8: fill in there, their and they’re
• exercise 9: fill in there, their and they’re
• exercise 10: fill in there, their and they’re
• exercise 11: fill in there, their and they’re
• exercise12: fill in there, their and they’re
• exercise 13: fill in there, their and they’re

useful pages

• exercises for practising the difference between its and it’s
• exercises for practising possessive pronouns (my/mine/of mine, your/yours/ of yours, etc.)
• exercises for practising personal adjectives and pronouns (I/me, you, he/him, etc.)