Level A2

Their vs There vs They're

There is a bus stop here.

Look: There is a bus stop here. The word is stands next to it, so the spelling about a place fits.

Forms

• There is a bus stop here. — about a place: is or are follows
• Their bus is late. — belongs to them: the thing follows
• They're waiting at the stop. — short for they are: an action follows

A common mistake

Wrong: Their is a bus here.

Right: There is a bus here.

A common mistake is to write the belonging one next to is. We write: There is a bus here.

More examples

Their names are on the list.

Names belong to them, so the belonging one fits: Their names are on the list.

They're ready for the trip.

Here they are ready, so the short one fits: They're ready for the trip.