Pronunciation: /ur/

For some people, the pronunciation of /ur/ can be murder.

Rhyming Words
Yearn Learn Burn Turn Earn Fern
Hurt Assert Desert Alert Skirt
Word Heard Bird Third Spurred
Search Besmirch Lurch Church Birch
Pearl Whirl Unfurl
Germ Worm Term Squirm
Were Fur Sir Cur
First Thirst Worst Burst
Worth Girth Mirth Berth

Minimal Pairs
Yarn Yearn
Part Pert
Carl Curl
Farm Firm
Far Fur
Garth Girth
Heart Hurt
Parch Perch
Par Per
Sparred Spurred
Cart Curt
Star Stir

Nouns Ending With “er”
Change the following verbs to nouns by adding /ur/
Swim
Drive
Speak
Teach
Sell
Work
Pay
Council
Search
Employ
Toast
Sit
Learn
Write
Camp
Watch
Rob
Buy
Time
Jump
Beg
Send
Buzz
Mow
Serve

Comparatives
Say the comparative form of the following adjectives
Big
Red
Small
Old
Long
Wet
Pretty
Soon
Lonely
Fast
Yellow
Thin
Dumb
New
Sad
Edgy

Listening
Circle the word that you hear
1. Bird Bard
2. Car Cur
3. Further Farther
4. Lurch Larch
5. Barn Burn
6. Curt Cart
7. Hard Heard
8. Fur Far

Listening Script
I saw a bard in the garden.
There is a cur in the driveway.
I went a little further.
My son is in a larch.
That’s a very big burn.
We talked to the cart salesman.
The answers to the test questions were heard.
The jacket is far.