wear
Base form
wear
/weə(r)//wer/
Past simple
wore
/wɔː(r)//wɔːr/
Past participle
worn
/wɔːn//wɔːrn/
MeaningA1
to have clothes on your body
to wear glasses
In use
- Question · Form 1What are you going to wear to the wedding?
- Negative · Form 1You don’t need to wear a tie to the office on Fridays.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Maria wore her new red coat to work.
- Past simple · Form 2At the party last night everyone wore something green.
- Present perfect · Form 3I’ve worn these boots every day this winter.
- Passive · Form 3This dress was worn by my grandmother at her wedding.
Watch out
Wore and worn sound like war and warn. Weared does not exist.
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