There refers to another place, often away from the speaker.

The idea

Use there for a location or destination: work there, go there.

Examples

  • The keys are over there.
  • We eat there on Fridays.
  • Your bag is there by the door.
  • Can you put this there?
  • My uncle works there.
  • They walk there after school.

Read-aloud uses a synthetic English voice on your device. Quality and availability vary; it does not assess pronunciation.

Watch out

Do not add to directly before there: say go there.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the correct expression. The café is at that other place. It is ___. (there / here)

    Show answer or example answer

    there

    there points to the other place.

  2. Choose the correct expression. We walk to that place: we ___. (go there / go to there)

    Show answer or example answer

    go there

    go there gives the destination without a preposition.

  3. Choose the correct expression. I am at this place: come ___. (here / there)

    Show answer or example answer

    here

    here points to the speaker’s place.

Use it today

Describe a place away from you and say who goes there.