Study the word list: er, ir, ur

three different ways the ir sound is made.

	nurse	Jane is training to be a nurse.
	purse	A thief seized my mother's purse.
	curse	The witch put a curse on the girl. *
	first	In the zoo, they went to see the baboon first.
	girl	Sue is a very slim girl.
	twirl	The ballerina did a little twirl. *
	better	To fix the sink the plumber needed a better tool.
	later	You can watch TV not now but later.
	surgeon	Physician is another term for a surgeon.
	whirl	To whirl is to spin around quickly.

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