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Their, There, and They're

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Their is the possessive form of they. There is an adverb (meaning "at that place") and a pronoun used to start a sentence. They're is a contraction of they are.

Examples:

There are three children in our family. They're all girls. Two of them are sitting over there. Their sister is at home.

Practice:

(a) _____ are geese in the garden.

(b) _____ nibbling the roses.

(c) _____ honking can be heard for miles.

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