Purdue University North Central Writing Center Handout

Their, Theirs, There, There’s and They’re

>> THEIR shows ownership; something belongs to them:

            their dog      their mother             their friends their school  it’s theirs

>> THERE is the opposite of here; it points out something:

            there is my mother            there are three dogs            there he goes

>> THEY’RE means they are:

            they’re not at home            they’re too long            they’re coming soon

CORRECT ANY ERRORS IN THE USE OF THESE WORDS:

1.     Their certainly not friends of mine.

2.     There teacher told me to ask there parents if their home.

3.     Theirs is the better model of that computer.

4.     There only a few more weeks until final exams.

5.     The children left their bikes on the sidewalk.

6.     There not going to get there’s until there finished with there homework.

7.     When there work is done, the employees leave for there homes.

8.     There are many reasons for their economy to improve.

9.     There going to wash the car over their next to the garage.

10.  Theirs Mary walking toward the house.