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Pretty3
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Urgent Help!
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Hi,
Today my student ( 13 years old ) asked me a question :
" Why do we choose their instead of they �re in this sentence :
( They �re - Their ) favourite sport is football. "
If you were me , what will your answer be ?
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18 Sep 2012
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cunliffe
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Hi Pretty They �re is short for they are, but we are talking about a possessive. As in My/ His /her/ our. So, it �s their favourite sport..
But I don�t get the rest of the sentence... History isn�t really a sport .. Am I missing something?
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18 Sep 2012
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mel_1010
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Hi, Pretty3,
I would tell the student that "They �re" is the contraction of "They are", which serves for identifying people/objects or give information about them, as in "They �re my favorite players", "They �re very nice men", and so on.
As for "their", explain it is a possessive, used to talk about people/objects related to person/people in terms of possession. "Their favorite sport is football", "Their favorite players are David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo".
Maybe I would also try substitution exercises:
"Erick and Sam are friends" = "They are friends"
"Sam and Dean �s car is black" = "Their car is black".
As a last resource, I �d use a translated table with the possessive adjectives and their correponding pronoun in the student �s native language.
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18 Sep 2012
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zvonka.rink
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Hi Pretty3,
Here is what I think about the sentence.
Firstly, the sentence doesn �t make sense because you can �t say that History is their favourite sport. It should be:
Their favourite subject is History.
or
Their favourite sport is football.
You can �t say They �re because this means They are like in a sentence:
They are at school right now.
They is a personal pronoun. Their, on the other hand, is a possessive pronoun, denoting possession-of or belonging to them:
- He gave them their books.
I hope this will help.
Regards.
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18 Sep 2012
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Pretty3
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Thank you all.
Sorry for typing mistake. I corrected it.
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18 Sep 2012
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Reemo0o
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Hey people, I didn �t know how I can post a question so I was left with the option of replying to Pretty3 �s post so my question would be answered! I need someone to tell me why are my contributions deleted and my points gone? It �s been almost a year that I haven �t been active on the site but still can �t get what happened? any help any one!? thanks in advance! |
18 Sep 2012
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ueslteacher
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@ Reemo0o: if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you �ll see "start new topic" so you press it and type in your post. As to your account, you should contact the webmaster by writing him a pmSophia |
18 Sep 2012
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papadeli
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I can�t upload the picture for they�re but you can see it here. Greetings from Greece,
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18 Sep 2012
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marwashehab
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Thanks Papadeli , it �s really helpful. |
19 Sep 2012
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