/e/ as in "bet" · /ɜ:/ as in "Bert"
| bet | Bert |
| bed | bird |
| head | heard |
| ten | turn |
| Hell | hurl |
| Ben | burn |
| edge | urge |
| nest | nursed |
| Ted | turd |
| bled | blurred |
| held | hurled |
| weld | world |
| west | worst |
| best | burst |
| well | whirl |
| end | earned |
| spend | spurned |
| kennel | kernel |
| wed | word |
| peck | perk |
Read the words aloud, concentrating on the difference between the two vowel sounds.