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http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/er1.html
Pronunciation
What is the difference between the two [uh] sounds in [butter]?
/
r/
- /
r/
Part A. Basic Spelling Pattern
Unstressed
[
r
]
Stressed
[
r
]
-ar
collar
cal'r
dollar, grammar, sugar
-er
mother, father, brother
murder, murderer
computer programmer
effort
ef'rt ef
'
rt
-or
color
cvl'r
actor, doctor, factor, tutor, neighbor, visitor
neib'r vizit'r
opportunity
op'rtunity
-ure
picture, pleasure, capture, lecture
furniture
-er
her
clerk, serve, term, verb
certain, person
-ir
sir, stir
bird, first, girl, skirt
third, thirteen, thirty
(w)or
word, world
w'rd wor'ld
work, worm, worry, worse
attorney
'at'rny atrny
-ur
fur, purr
burn, church, hurt, nurse
occur, Thursday, return
curtain, certain
Special Words 1
Special Words 2
Homonyms
colonel
(military rank)
kernel
(of corn)
Not Homonyms
color [^]
collar [a]
-ear
early, earn, earth
learn, heard, search
rehearse
-our, eur
journal, journey, adjourn, courage
voyeur
Practice
Tinker, Tailor
The Emperor´s New Clothes
Crossword Puzzle
Basic Spelling Pattern: One-Syllable Words
Reduced R
When you finish Part A, go to
Part B
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