The sound "er"

One sound that might be difficult to say in American English is the ‘er’ sound that you find in the sentence:

Her  nurse  turned  her  over 

   (Click to listen)

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Before you listen

Look at the list of words common hospital vocabulary. Which of them has the sound ‘er’ in it? Which word has an 'er' sound? Click the box if you think it has an 'er' sound. (Later, you will listen to the words, so it's okay to guess here.)

alert

attitude

behavior

doctor

hazard

hazardous

heart

injury

identify

early

notify

nurse

prevent

focused

work

Listening

Open the Exercise and complete the activity "er sound listening."

Відкрийте вправу та виконайте вправу "er sound listening."

Exercise

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