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The students packed their bags.
What does Their mean?
belonging to them.
Dictionary definition
Their means belonging to or connected with the people, animals, or things already mentioned.
Example sentences
Their in a sentence
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The birds returned to their nest before sunset.
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Their is often confused with there and they are, so writers should check the meaning carefully.
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Commonly confused words
Their, there, or they're?
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Their
Belonging to them.
In a sentence The children put on their coats.
There
In that place; also used to say something exists.
In a sentence Leave the bag over there.
They'Re
A short form of they are.
In a sentence They're making paper stars.
Spot the difference Their shows belonging, there points to a place or introduces something, and they're means they are.
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1The twins packed ___ lunches before school.
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their — The lunches belong to the twins.
2Please put the basket over ___ beside the door.
Check answer 2
there — The sentence points to a place.
3Look at the runners: ___ ready to start!
Check answer 3
they're — They are ready to start fits the sentence.
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Question 1 of 3
Practice 1
What does their mean?
Their is a possessive word that shows something belongs to a group or to people already mentioned.
Practice 2
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: The students packed ____ bags.
Their best completes the sentence.
Practice 3
Which word means 'belonging to them'?
Their shows possession, while there is a place word and they is a pronoun.
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MeaningTheir means belonging to them.
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Synonyms
Words like Their
belonging to themA clear phrase that explains possession.
owned by themUse when something belongs to a group.
of themA short phrase showing connection or possession.
Antonyms
Opposite words
myUse for something belonging to me.
yourUse for something belonging to you.
ourUse for something belonging to us.
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Word family
Their word family
Base word
their
determiner
their
Shows that something belongs to them.
pronoun
theirs
Means the thing or things belonging to them.
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