- pronunciation:
- weIr
[or]
hweIr
- parts of speech:
- adverb, conjunction
- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
If someone asks "Where do you live?" they want to know what area or place you live in. If someone asks "Where are you going?" they want to know to what place you are going. If someone asks "Where is the post office?" they want to know the location of the post office.
Where does your mom work?Where is the cat?Where are you going after school? |
| definition 2: |
When you ask someone where they got something, you want to know from what source they got it.
Haley asked Marissa where she got her kitten. Marissa said she got it at the animal shelter. |
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| part of speech: |
conjunction |
| definition: |
If you know where your brother went, it means that you know to what place he went. If you see where the paper airplane landed, it means that you see the place or spot in which it landed.
My mom doesn't know where she put her glasses.Do you know where my other shoe is?I saw where the dog went. |
The words
where,
ware, and
wear sound alike but have different meanings.