Which type of stressed syllable can you see in these words? Read them and choose.
a /a:/ star, park;
e /ɜ:/ her, meter;
i /ɜ:/ skirt, stir;
u /ɜ:/ turn, blur;
o /ɔ:/ for, form;
y /ɜ:/ myrtle.

• a half-closed syllable
• a closed syllable
• an open syllable
• a half-open syllable