Teacher MarEnglish Pronunciation: Consonant Letters "R" and "L"
"English Pronunciation: Consonant Letters "R" and "L""
In this lesson we’re going to look at RL together in the same word.
How are R and L different? Let’s take two familiar words Right and Light.
Let’s now talk about the position of your lips.
For /r/ your lips are more rounded. For /l/ your lips are more relaxed.
For /r/ raise the tip of your tongue towards the bump behind your upper front teeth, but it doesn’t touches. Also, the sides of your tongue touch the sides of your upper teeth.
For the /l/ press the tip of your tongue against the bump behind the teeth then let it drop down. The sides of your tongue are always down.
Now let’s try some exercises below:
Exercises for Letter "L"
/Inside a word:-/
alert - bleary - clear - dally - faulty - halt - silent
/At the end of a word:-/
ale - bale - coral - deal - feel - heal - peel - real - sail
/At the beginning of a word:-/
lack - lamp - lent - lies - light - load - lock - look - loom - loot
Exercises for Letter "R"
/Inside a word:-/
alert - bleary - clearly - diary - fairy - marry - sorry
/At the end of a word:- /
bear - care - dear - fear - hair - pair - rare - shore
/At the beginning of a word:-/
rack - ramp - rent - rise - right - road - rock - rook - room - root
More Exrercises
1. (a) Don't touch the rim.
(b) Don't touch the limb.
2. (a) Do you like rhyme?
(b) Do you like lime?
3. (a) Aunt Ru called yesterday.
(b) Aunt Lu called yesterday.
4. (a) Is it curry?
(b) Is it curly?
5. (a) Be careful lifting the tire.
(b) Be careful lifting the tile.
6. (a) Clarissa prayed hard.
(b) Clarissa played hard.
7. (a) The artist requested more fruits.
(b) The artist requested more flutes.
8. (a) Ralph released the crutch.
(b) Ralph released the clutch.
9. (a) Can you turn to the right?
(b) Can you turn at the light?
10. (a) Is that a file?
(b) Is that a fire?
Tongue Twister Drill
> "Lots of little London lamp-lighters lit London's little lamps."
> "Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran."
> "Lick the red lolly, lick the yellow lolly."
> "Red lorry, yellow lorry."