Hello and welcome to the long vowel sound number five!
This is the fifth and final long vowel sound in English and it is the sound
/ɜː/
Okay?
'Bird,' 'turkey'.
My lips are unrounded but my mouth is open.
/ɜː/
'Third,' /ɜː/, 'bird,' okay.
/ɜː/
Have a nice wide open mouth
/ɜː/
Copy my mouth what you see here. Pause the video, look in the mirror or in a camera phone
Make sure that your mouth is exactly as mine is here.
/ɜː/
Okay, now let's get started with some words! So, word number one; 'bird'
'Bird'
'Did you see that bird?'
'Perjury'
'He was caught for perjury.'
'Third'
'She came in third place.'
'Word'
'He can speak lots of words.' 'She can speak lots of words.'
'Have you heard the word?'
'Earl'
The Earl is a title that can be given to someone of royalty in this country.
' Earl'
'Early,' 'It's early!'
'Early.' 'Early in the morning.'
'Early'
'Burn'
And 'girl.'
'Girl'
'What a beautiful girl.'
Alright!
Now, practice those words. Once you're comfortable, let's move on and practice putting them into some sentences.
Ready?
'The girl was urged to meet the nerd.'
Okay, bit quicker!
'The girl was urged to meet the nerd'
'The first purple shirt was earned by a girl in Perth'
A bit quicker.
'The first purple shirt was earned by a girl in Perth'
Alright, one more! 'The furnace burned the work of the Earl'
'The furnace burned the work of the Earl.'
Okay. There you have it, all five vowel sounds! Take time to go through and master them all.
It's going to be a massive massive help to your pronunciation if you do that it's really going to help you.
Depending on what your native language is, certain vowel sounds will be harder to differentiate and pronunciate than others.
That's fine, there's more videos coming up on that. But don't worry for now just take time
practicing getting familiar with the sounds making sure that your mouth is in the right position to make the sound.
Because it's never going to sound good if your mouth is in the wrong position.
Take time, take it easy and you're going to be fine okay, I guarantee it!
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