Crow like a rooster ER ER ER ER ER!

The letter R can be a difficult consonant to master because it actually makes several different sounds:

Air
Ear
R
Or
Er

The most common sound is what I call the rooster r, the ER. You can practice by starting out your day crowing like a rooster: ER ER ER ER ER! You’ll find this sound at the end of a word as in rooster and in the middle of a word like in word.
Here are some other words with the rooster R

Girl
Number
Dollar
Purse
First
Firm
Further
Word
Work
World
Her
Hurt
Heard
Earth
Mother
Father
Sister
Brother
Surprise
Service
Pleasure
Were
Computer
Learn
Bird
Better
Dirty
Return

As you can see, the rooster R sound can be spelled ar, er, or, ur, and ir. However, it’s still pronounced the same: ER ER ER ER ER!

Here are some sentences to practice the sound.

I’d like you to meet my mother, father, sister, and brother.

The excellent service at the computer outlet was a surprise.

How in the world did you get so dirty!

Look in my purse for a dollar.

Where were you?

Please return these books after work.

We have a number of issues to discuss at work.

You can learn to speak better by practicing everyday.