shirt, short, sheet

shirt - /ʃɜrt/

short - /ʃɔrt/

sheet - /ʃiːt/

• He wore a short-sleeve shirt and lay down on the white sheet.
• Please don’t use the bed sheet to clean your shirt, even if it’s a little short on fabric.
• I spilled coffee on my shirt, and now it’s stained on the sleeve, but luckily, the sheet was just out of reach.
• She packed a short-sleeved shirt and a fresh bed sheet for the trip.
• After cutting his shirt short, he used a sheet of fabric to make it longer.
• They gave him a short checklist on a sheet of paper while he fixed his wrinkled shirt.
• A short gust of wind blew the shirt and sheet off the clothesline.
• He realized he needed a short break to iron his shirt and fold the clean sheet.
• A short time after washing his shirt, he spread out the sheet to dry.
• She lost a button on her shirt, grabbed a short sewing needle, and used a sheet of instructions to fix it.

Pronunciation Differences:

    • Shirt: /ʃɜrt/, with the "ɜr" sound as in "her".

    • Short: /ʃɔrt/, with the "ɔr" sound as in "or".

    • Sheet: /ʃiːt/, with a long "ee" sound as in "meet".