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Lesson 13 · English · Homophones in context

Step 1 of 4

Find the wrong step

An announcer pointing to two explorers' backpacks beside a launch gate
Your lessonHomophones in contextWarm-up

The Backpack Broadcast

The announcer wants to say that the backpacks belonging to the explorers are beside the launch gate.

Owner
the explorers
Location
over there

Your question

Which homophone shows that the explorers own the backpacks?

Lumi’s answer: “They're backpacks are over there.”

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Step 1 of 4

Find the wrong step

Find where the reasoning first breaks

Start with Step 1 and move downward. Choose the first line that stops making sense.

Later lines may be wrong too. Pick the first mistake.

Lumi’s work

These lines form one solution. Read them from top to bottom.

  1. 1

    The sentence needs a word that means belonging to them.

  2. 2

    Their, there, and they're sound alike but have different meanings.

  3. 3

    Because they're sounds right aloud, it can show ownership here.

  4. 4

    Write: They're backpacks are over there.