Question

which sentence shows the correct use of a common homophone?
theyre still not finished with the project that was due yesterday.
their are a number of great books about the civil war in the library.
they said they would put away all of there clean clothes before school.
i think i saw an entire flock of wild parrots sitting in the trees over their.

Explanation:

Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.

• "They're" is a contraction of "they are", which fits grammatically in the first sentence.
• "Their" (possessive) is incorrectly used as "Their are" in the second sentence (should be "There are").
• "There" (adverb of place) is incorrectly used as "there clean clothes" in the third sentence (should be "their clean clothes").
• "Their" (possessive) is incorrectly used as "over their" in the fourth sentence (should be "over there").

Answer:

A. They're still not finished with the project that was due yesterday.