How to pronounce TEAR (rip) and TEAR (cry)

Learn how to pronounce TEAR, to rip, and TEAR, to cry, in this American English Pronunciation Lesson. This video targets a confusing word pair: TEAR (to rip: T-AIR) and TEAR (what comes from your eyes when you cry: T-EAR).

These two words are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Say them correctly to get your meaning across.