Wear vs Where at a glance
- wear
/weə/ · verb
To have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body.
- What are you going to wear to the wedding?
- He wears glasses for reading.
- where
/weə/ · adverb
Used to ask or talk about a place.
- Where do you live?
- This is the café where we first met.
How to remember it
Where has "here" inside it, so it is about place, like here and there.
Good to know
Were /wɜː/, the past of be, sounds different from wear and where.
Common mistakes
Wrong: Wear did you put my keys?
Right: Where did you put my keys?
Wrong: You should where a coat today.
Right: You should wear a coat today.
Quick quiz
1. is the nearest station?
2.Do I have to a suit?
3.I don't know I left my phone.
Pick the right word for each gap.