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I live there.
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In this sentence, there is used to refer to the place where you live.
This could be New York City, for example.
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My car is over there.
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In this sentence, there is used to refer to the location of your car. This could be
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Replace each place or location with there in the following sentences.
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I want to go to the beach.
I want to go there.
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I will see you at home.
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He lives at 102 State St.
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Jessica was born in Ohio.
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The car keys are on the table.
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This is their apartment.
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In this sentence, their is used to refer to an apartment that is owned.
This could be the apartment owned by the Roberts family, for example.
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The ball is theirs.
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In this sentence, theirs is used to refer to a ball that is owned. This could be a
soccer ball owned by a group of kids who are playing soccer, for example.
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Use their to show ownership in the following sentences.
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Tom is wearing a jersey of the soccer team.
Tom is wearing their jersey.
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The Smith family owns this cat.
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They are using the computer of the school.
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I like the music of the band.
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The bicycles of the store are new.
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They’re my friends.
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In this sentence, they’re is used as a contraction of the words They and Are.
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I don’t know where they’re going.
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