Wear / Were / Where

Wear, were and where are three commonly misspelled or misused words. Let's define each seperately.

Wear is a verb meaning "to have clothing":

• Why aren't you wearing your new sweater?
  
  
  

Were is the past tense of the verb to be.

• There were lots of people in the supermarket.
   

Where is a word used to enquire about places:

• Where are you going?
• Where did you eat today?