Very often, People get confused between Where and were. They are often mistaken for each other, especially while writing it down. So, we are going to learn the correct way to use them and when to use them.
How to Correctly Use “Where” in Sentences
Where has a ‘here’, so it needs a location. Where is used to refer thing that are related to directions or location. Where is used as conjunction where it used to join/link two parts of the sentence. It can also be used adverb, a word modifying an action.
Let’s look at some examples where “Where” is used as an adverb.
- Do you know where is Manoj?
- Where can I sit sir?
- She lives where the coffee shop used to be.
- Where are you going?
Let’s look at some examples where “Where” is used as an conjunction.
- We performed in a play where I was the king.
- He loves to travel where there are mountains.
- From where I’m sitting, things looks pretty sorted out.
- Where it gets confusing, is in the middle of the chapter.
Lastly, where can sometimes be used to mean “in which“.
- There is not a single instance where you should mix green and black together.
- There is not single instance in which you should mix green and black together.
How to Correctly Use “Were” in Sentence
Were is the plural from (which means more than one) of the past tense of the verb ‘to be’. The past tense of a verb describes an action that is finished: they were and we were. It is used together with a plural subject. Let us take a look at few examples below:
- What were you reading last night?
- Five students were sent to Japan for robotics competition.
- My parents were out of town all the last week.
‘Were‘ is also used when talking about an imaginary or unrealistic situation in conditional statement even with singular subject. For example:
- If I were Beyonce, I would hide my children from the public until they turned 18 .
- Caroline would give free meals to all homeless people if she were the president.