Question 54

They're having trouble with their new dog.

The sentence is correctly completed with "They're having trouble with their new dog," where "They're" is a contraction for "they are," indicating the subject is experiencing trouble, and "their" shows possession of the new dog.

A) There, their

This option is incorrect because "there" refers to a place or location and does not fit in the context of someone experiencing trouble. The sentence requires a subject who is having trouble, which "there" does not provide.

B) Their, there

This option is also incorrect as "their" is used correctly but "there" does not convey the intended meaning of the subject experiencing trouble. The sentence lacks a proper subject with this combination.

C) They're, their

This option is correct because "They're" is the contraction of "they are," which appropriately indicates the subject experiencing trouble, while "their" correctly indicates possession of the new dog.

D) Their, they're

This option is incorrect because while "their" correctly indicates possession, "they're" would incorrectly imply that "they are" is the subject of the trouble in the wrong part of the sentence structure.

Conclusion

The correct answer is C, as it appropriately uses "They're" to indicate the subject is having trouble and "their" to show possession of the dog. All other options fail to construct a grammatically correct sentence that conveys the intended meaning.