How to Pronounce: Where Is

Hello! I’m John Russell. Let’s continue our exploration of common words, phrases, and questions. In recent lessons studied expressions such as “Excuse me,” “Thank you,” and “You’re welcome.” Now, we need to start including some useful questions. Our question for today is this: “Where is ______?” Please note that we need a noun or noun phrase to complete our question. More about that later. First, let’s focus on pronouncing “Where is” as clearly as possible. We can simplify our expression by combining “Where” and “is” to make the following: “Where’s” Repeat after me: Where’s Where’s We can focus on the last sound first. It sounds like this: -z Now repeat after me: -z -z -z Now we can work on the word “where.” Perhaps our most difficult sound is the –er sound at the end of the word. So let’s work on saying –er as clearly as possible. Remember: your tongue should be pulled a little ways back from your top teeth. -er -er -er Now let’s combine sounds: -er -z -er -z After all of that work it should be pretty easy to put the entire structure together: Where’s Where’s Where’s What comes after “Where’s?” Any kind of noun or noun phrase you can imagine. For example: “Where’s John?” “Where’s track C7?” “Where’s the bus station?” That’s all for today! Keep up the good work.