L & R

How to Make the Sound

There are two /l/ sounds in English. One is the light /l/, which occurs at the beginning of a word, and the dark /l/, which can be found in the middle or at the end of a word. To make the light /l/, place the tip of your
tongue just behind your top teeth. Your breath should pass along both sides of the tongue and through the open lips. The dark /l/ is similar, except have the tip of your tongue further back. /r/ is very close to the dark
/l/, except the tip of your tongue should not touch the roof of your mouth.

Exercise One: Word Repetition

leaf - reef
leer - real
lick - Rick

silly
serious
really
full
hurry
mirror
rile
rural
lure


Exercise Two: Minimal Pairs

limb rim
berry belly
lot rot
jelly jerry
spool spoor
raw law
light right
bowling boring
free flee
climb crime


Tongue Twisters
Say the following sentences aloud, concentrating on the sounds L and R.
1. Laura and Larry rarely lull their rural roosters to sleep.
2. Sri Lankans are really leery of Landry's rules.
3. Climbing crimes are lures for crowded clowns.
4. There are free fleas for all the loyal royalty.
5. It's the right light with the glimmer in the mirror.
6. Collecting the corrections is the role of the elderly.
7. Are Roland and Sally rallying here in their lorry?
8. Jerry's berry jelly really rankled his broiling belly.
9. Yellow arrows frilled with reefed leaves are rarely light.
10. A leaky rear latch on the listing bark lifted right up and the water rushed in.


SITUATION
Two friends are going to watch a play.
Laurie: Hurry, Ronald, or we'll be late!
Ronald: All right, all right, Laurie! I'm almost ready.
Laurie: I'm really looking forward to the play, aren't you?
Ronald: Yeah, I am. But, Larry told me the play was really boring.
Laurie: Really? Well, Ryan loved it.
Ronald: That's good. Well, I read a review of the play late last night.
Laurie: And was it a great review, Ronald?
Ronald: Absolutely! The actors, lighting, script, everything
received excellent ratings!
Laurie: Right on!

l & r tongue twisters

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/zamma/hideki/l&r.pdf

1. [l] vs. [r]
light right
late rate
lid rid
play pray
elect erect
1. Let the lad lead his own life.
2. Lucy loves lemon and lime sodas.
3. It's the wrong rhythm for a romantic song.
4. The rangers rushed to the rescue.
5. The long ride left Rita a little ragged.
6. Let's do a remake of "the Long Red Line."
2. English Tongue Twisters containing /l/ and /r/.
Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.
Friendly Frank flips fine flapjacks.
Freshly fried fresh flesh.
Truly plural
Red Leather, Yellow leather.
I correctly recollect Rebecca MacGregor's reckoning.
A glowing gleam growing green.