Pronunciation: R vs L



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Many students from Japan and Korea
find it difficult to see the difference between
[l] and [r].
The following pairs might help overcome the problem
.

Play

Pray

 

Hollow

Sorrow

Lay

Ray

Clown

Crown

Clap

Crap

Pilot

Pirate

Law

Raw

Leech

Reach

Lib

Rib

Flee

Free

Flock

Frock

Ling

Ring

Flog

Frog

Glow

Grow

Flame

Frame

Leaf

Reef

Glue

Grew

Blew

Brew

Clue

Crew

Solo

Sorrow

Clone

Crone

Lip

Rip

Gloom Groom Glaze Graze

Lap

Rap

Load Road
Light Right Lock Rock
Lick Rick Long Wrong

Tongue Twisters and Nursery Rhymes to practice
/l/ and /r/

Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.

Red riding hood and robin hood ride right through the river

Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos.

Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, "Let us fly!"
Said the fly, "Let us flee!"
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Fresh fried fish,
Fish fresh fried,
Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.