ur and ir sounds

BURNT
CURVE
EARLY
FIRM
GERM
HURL
LEARN
NERVE
PEARL
PEER
PIER
REAR
SMEAR
SQUIRM
SQUIRT
STEER
STERN
STIR
TERM
THIRST
WORLD
WORSE
WORTH
YEAR

When you hear the (ur) sounds, think of the patterns er, ir, ur, ear, and or. When you hear the (ir) sounds, think of the patterns eer, and ear.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

P H E J T Q M E B Z C K F O F
Y P Q B B O Q Y R P J N U L T
I S M N D S F M N D H U D Q B
E I Q J H E R R Q U V D I E F
D H X F E R A E H A Q U X X M
O L V X S M E T E U T G B E E
K D R I R D R H V Y R D X R F
B R E O O O F I R M I L E E B
U H P M W T N R U B U C V E J
L V K H R I T S C Q Q G R P P
U J N S L I T T K B S M E A R
N H D B R E E G X T R A N R V
J L Z E R R G I E T R F I A M
D T A N L W J E O L E A R N B
G J R E I P R E Y E A R C Q W
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Answer Key for ur and ir sounds

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # # M # # # # # # #
4# # # # # # R R # # # # # # #
5D # # # E # A E H # # # # # #
6# L # # S M E T E U T # # # #
7# # R # R # R H V # R # # R #
8# # # O O O F I R M I L E E #
9# # # # W T N R U B U # V E #
10# # # # R I T S C Q Q G R P #
11# # # # # # T T # # S M E A R
12# # # # # E # # # T # A N R #
13# # # # R # # # E # R # # # M
14# # # N # # # E # L E A R N #
15# # R E I P R # Y E A R # # #
Word X Y Direction
BURNT  99w
CURVE  99n
EARLY  1311sw
FIRM  88e
GERM  1311se
HURL  95se
LEARN  1014e
NERVE  1311n
PEARL  1311sw
PEER  1410n
PIER  615w
REAR  77n
SMEAR  1111e
SQUIRM  88nw
SQUIRT  1111n
STEER  1111sw
STERN  810sw
STIR  810w
TERM  86n
THIRST  88s
WORLD  59nw
WORSE  59n
WORTH  77ne
YEAR  915e