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Discovering Rules for Their, There, and They’re
Understanding when to use their, there, and they’re can be confusing because they sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. You can team up with a classmate to come up with rules to understand these three words and other homophones.
Your Turn With one or more classmates, carefully read the passage below, paying attention to their, there, and they’re.
- List sentences containing their.
- List sentences containing there.
- List sentences containing they're.
- Analyze and discuss each set of sentences. What patterns do you notice?
- State a rule for each form: their, there, and they're.
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