The document discusses the differences between light and dark /l/ sounds, and /r/ sounds, in English. There are two types of /l/ sounds - light /l/ has the tongue tip behind the top teeth, while dark /l/ has the tongue tip further back. /r/ is similar to dark /l/ but the tongue should not touch the roof of the mouth. Examples are provided to demonstrate the different sounds in words.

1. Miasco, Francis
Ngilay, Shareeka

2. There are two [l] sounds in English.
The [l] is light if it comes before the
vowel or diphthong in the syllable,
and the [l] is dark if it comes after
the vowel or diphthong in a
syllable.

3.  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 light [l] sound

4. limb low
lot like
popular laugh
blog live
less love

5.  My Accent Adventure blog is less popular than my
English Harmony blog.
 Our relationship advisor has pleaded guilty for
manslaughter!
 How long is this going the last for?
 Our plane is going to land in less than eleven minutes.
 Can you put the replacement cartridges in a safe place,
please? Absolutely!

6.  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.

7. Will old
all detail
e-mail meal
medal elbow
fault milk
help whole

8.  I will tell you all the necessary details in the e-mail.
 Eating small meals more frequently is more beneficial
to your health.
 Can you pass me the little candle from the top shelf?
 Medal and metal sounds the same when Americans
speak!
 Did you install the firewall?
 It’s totally irresponsible!
 If your business isn’t profitable, it’s going to go to the
wall.
 Did you drink the whole bottle of oil?

9.  The big thing to remember is that when you
say /r/, YOUR TONGUE SHOULD NOT
TOUCH THE TOP OF YOUR MOUTH. It
should be bunched up towards the back of
your mouth with the tip pointing towards
the top of your mouth (BUT NOT
TOUCHING!).

10. diary fairy
marry sorry
bear care
dear fear
hair pair
rare shore

11. The tongue comes
forward, and the tip of the
tongue presses against the
roof of the mouth just
behind the teeth, or
sometimes comes through
the teeth.
The tip of the tongue is
down while the back/mid
part of the tongue
raises. The back/mid part of
the tongue presses against
the insides of the top teeth.
/L/ /R/

14. alive arrive
belly berry
blight bright
blue brew
blush brush
flee free
fly fry
lane rain
Led red
lead read
lice rice
light right
load road
long wrong
loom room
lot rot

15. Blew brew*
clash* crash
collect correct
glass grass
lace race
lamp ramp*
late rate*
law raw
led red
leader reader
lied* ride
lighter writer
lock rock
locker rocker

16. Clown crown
fleas* freeze
glow* grow
lack rack*
lair* rare
lake rake*
lamb ram*
lane rain
lather* rather
laze raise
lead read
leech* reach
lies rise
lip rip
list wrist
lob* rob

17.  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.

18.  Around the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.
(3x)
 Lick the red lolly, lick the yellow lolly. (3x)
 Red lorry, yellow lorry. (3x)
 It's the right light with the glimmer in the mirror.
 Are Roland and Sally rallying here in their lorry?