--- title: Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 12 «Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends» of the language course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Spelling traps: their, there, they're… # Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends The 15 questions of lesson 12 «Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t1/) — Your mate goes "they're, their, there, same thing innit, sounds the same." What's the best reply? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t2/) — A Gen Z cousin comments "ur drawing slaps" on your art. ("Slaps" means is brilliant.) If you wrote it in full in school English, what would it be? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t3/) — What would happen if we spelled every word exactly as it sounds? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t4/) — A sign says "Dog's must be on there leads." How many mistakes? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t5/) — Your nan from Cornwall, proper old-school, says "spelling's just being born good at it, my lover." ("My lover" is a friendly greeting there.) What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t6/) — Your teacher swears by "i before e except after c." Which word gives her a headache? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t7/) — Which is right: "Don't \_\_\_ your keys, the ring is \_\_\_"? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t8/) — Your dad, typing fast, writes "I'll pick u up at too." What did he mean? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t9/) — In a cartoon, a pirate's map says "The tresure is over they're." Fix the last words. — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t10/) — Grandad says "I never know weather to wear a coat." Fix one word. — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/t11/) — Your mate writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to spell." ("Lowkey" means kind of.) What's the tip? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/e1/) — Identify the formulation consistent with the conventions of written English. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the form "it's"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the rule "i before e except after c". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/e4/) — Ascertain the correctly spelled form of the word meaning "with certainty". — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [11. Grammar puzzles, part one](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/11-grammar-puzzles-part-one/) - next →: [13. Silent letters and the mystery of -ough](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)