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Pronunciation of Vowel Sound /ɜː/ with Examples (+Video and Quiz)

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Vowel sound /ɜː/ is pronounced like ‘ERR’ (your tongue curled upward but without touching the roof of your mouth).

It has a long and relaxed pronunciation, unlike its shorter version — VOWEL /e/ SOUND.

Some examples of words with vowel sound /ɜː/

📒 Most times, the letters (-er-, -ir-, -ur-) in words give the ‘ERR’ sound, which is this vowel /ɜː/

-er-her
verb
person
-ir-girl
shirt
thirst
-ur-turn
nurse
church
w-or-word
worse
worthy
-ear-earn
heard
search
-our-journal
journey
courtesy
-yr-myrrh
  • SEE THE (20) VOWEL SOUNDS IN ENGLISH WITH LESSON & QUIZ

Practice questions on vowel sound /ɜː/

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Tags: ORAL ENGLISH, SOUNDS, SPEAKING

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