vowel sound in ‘ai r’

 

air

chair

hair

fair

lair

stair

pair

affair

despair

flair

éclair

unfair

 

there

where

 

their

 

they’re

 

wear

tear

bear

 

mare

pare

stare

rare

fare

Clare

share

prepare

declare

dare

flare

care

bare

compare

beware

aware

 

Claire

millionaire

commissionaire

 

square

 

aired

chaired

paired

despaired

 

pared

stared

fared

bared

shared

prepared

declared

dared

flared

cared

 

laird

 

 

vowel sound in ‘t ou r’

 

tour

 

tourist

 

tourism

 

plural

rural

mural

 

neural

 

usual

unusual

 

neurotic

 

pure

sure

cure

assure

lure

allure

 

purely

surely

 

furious

curious

luxurious

 

cured

lured

assured

 

touring

 

alluring

assuring

luring

curing

 

luxuriant

 

curio