/ʌ/ as in "bud" · /ɜ:/ as in "bird"
| bud | bird |
| bun | burn |
| fussed | first |
| shut | shirt |
| cub | kerb |
| ton | turn |
| thud | third |
| such | search |
| tough | turf |
| Hull | hurl |
| gull | girl |
| stun | stern |
| tum | term |
| tuck | Turk |
| hut | hurt |
| suffer | surfer |
| puck | perk |
| blood | blurred |
| cull | curl |
| bust | burst |
Read the words aloud, concentrating on the difference between the two vowel sounds.