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 |
Practice questions on vowel sound /ɜː/
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