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[L] as in Love |
Sound formation instruction:
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To pronounce the L sound, keep your mouth slightly open and place the tip of your tongue on your upper gum ridge behind your front teeth. Press your tongue gently against the gum ridge, and push the air out along the sides of your tongue while your voice is on (vocal cords are vibrating). |
Contrasting sounds: |
| /l/ | /r/ | |
| lack | rack | |
| late | rate | |
| leach | reach | |
| lead | read | |
| led | red | |
| lend | rend | |
| lice | rice | |
| lies | rise | |
| light | right | |
| limb | rim | |
| list | wrist | |
| lock | rock | |
| loot | root | |
| bland | brand | |
| blew | brew | |
| blonds | bronze | |
| clue | crew | |
| flute | fruit | |
| glue | grew | |
| split | sprit | |
| deal | dear | |
| fail | fair | |
| file | fire | |
| hail | hair | |
| pool | poor | |
| scale | scare | |
| steal | steer | |
| towel | tower | |
| wall | war |
Words: |
| 1 | lady /ˈleɪ-di/ | 2 | lake /leɪk/ | |
| 3 | language /ˈlæŋ-gwɪdʒ/ | 4 | large /lɑrdʒ/ | |
| 5 | label /ˈleɪ-bəl/ | 6 | late /leɪt/ | |
| 7 | later /leɪtər/ | 8 | law /lɔ/ | |
| 9 | lawyer /ˈlɔ-yər/ | 10 | led /lɛd/ | |
| 11 | lead /lid/ | 12 | leak /lik/ | |
| 13 | lease /lis/ | 14 | least /list/ | |
| 15 | learn /lɜrn/ | 16 | leave /liv/ | |
| 17 | land /lænd/ | 18 | lend /lɛnd/ | |
| 19 | lent /lɛnt/ | 20 | left /lɛft/ | |
| 21 | leg /lɛg/ | 22 | let /lɛt/ | |
| 23 | Let’s /lɛts/ | 24 | lesson /ˈlɛs-ən/ | |
| 25 | letter /ˈlɛt-ər/ | 26 | lettuce /ˈlɛt-ɪs/ | |
| 27 | liberty /ˈlɪb-ər-ti/ | 28 | library /ˈlaɪ-ˌbrə-ri/ | |
| 29 | license /ˈlaɪ-səns/ | 30 | like /laɪk/ | |
| 31 | light /laɪt/ | 32 | line /laɪn/ | |
| 33 | limit /ˈlɪm-ɪt/ | 34 | link /lɪŋk/ | |
| 35 | listen /ˈlɪs-ən/ | 36 | little /ˈlɪt-l/ | |
| 37 | live /lɪv/ | 38 | love /lʌv/ | |
| 39 | load /loʊd/ | 40 | lord /lɔrd/ | |
| 41 | long /lɔŋ/ | 42 | look /lʊk/ | |
| 43 | loose /lus/ | 44 | lot /lɒt/ | |
| 45 | luck /lʌk/ | 46 | lucky /ˈlʌk-i/ | |
| 47 | alive /ə-ˈlaɪv/ | 48 | alone /ə-ˈloʊn/ | |
| 49 | allow /ə-ˈlaʊ/ | 50 | afloat /ə-ˈfloʊt/ | |
| 51 | balloon /bə-ˈlun/ | 52 | balance /ˈbæl-əns/ | |
| 53 | ballet /bæ-ˈleɪ/ | 54 | believe /bɪ-ˈliv/ | |
| 55 | belong /bɪ-ˈlɔŋ/ | 56 | billion /ˈbɪl-yən/ | |
| 57 | black /blæk/ | 58 | block /blɒk/ | |
| 59 | built /bɪlt/ | 60 | ceiling /ˈsi-lɪŋ/ | |
| 61 | calendar /ˈkæl-ən-dər/ | 62 | child /tʃaɪld/ | |
| 63 | children /ˈtʃɪl-drən/ | 64 | color /ˈkʌl-ər/ | |
| 65 | cloud /klaʊd/ | 66 | collect /kə-ˈlɛkt/ | |
| 67 | display /dɪ-ˈspleɪ/ | 68 | employ /ɛm-ˈplɔɪ/ | |
| 69 | fellow /ˈfɛl-oʊ/ | 70 | film /fɪlm/ | |
| 71 | flag /flæg/ | 72 | floor /flɔr/ | |
| 73 | family /ˈfæm-ə-li/ | 74 | golf /gɒlf/ | |
| 75 | glass /glæs/ | 76 | hello /hɛ-ˈloʊ/ | |
| 77 | help /hɛlp/ | 78 | milk /mɪlk/ | |
| 79 | million /ˈmɪl-yən/ | 80 | only /ˈoʊn-li/ | |
| 81 | palace /ˈpæl-ɪs/ | 82 | please /pliz/ | |
| 83 | salt /sɔlt/ | 84 | salad /ˈsæl-əd/ | |
| 85 | silk /sɪlk/ | 86 | slide /slaɪd/ | |
| 87 | valley /ˈvæl-i/ | 88 | tail /teɪl/ | |
| 89 | health /hɛlθ/ | 90 | wealth /wɛlθ/ | |
| 91 | yellow /ˈyɛl-oʊ/ | |||
| 92 | all /ɔl/ | |||
| 93 | able /ˈeɪ-bəl/ | 94 | apple /ˈæp-əl/ | |
| 95 | bill /bɪl/ | 96 | ball /bɔl/ | |
| 97 | boil /bɔɪl/ | 98 | bowl /boʊl/ | |
| 99 | battle /ˈbæt-l/ | 100 | candle /ˈkæn-dl/ | |
| 101 | call /kɔl/ | 102 | carnival /ˈkɑr-nə-vəl/ | |
| 103 | cereal /ˈsɪər-i-əl/ | 104 | fail /feɪl/ | |
| 105 | fall /fɔl/ | 106 | feel /fil/ | |
| 107 | fell /fɛl/ | 108 | final /ˈfaɪn-l/ | |
| 109 | dial /ˈdaɪ-əl/ | 110 | girl /gɜrl/ | |
| 111 | goal /goʊl/ | 112 | jewel /ˈdʒu-əl/ | |
| 113 | mail /meɪl/ | 114 | male /meɪl/ | |
| 115 | mall /mɔl/ | 116 | meal /mil/ | |
| 117 | middle /ˈmɪd-l/ | 118 | people /ˈpi-pəl/ | |
| 119 | pill /pɪl/ | 120 | pull /pʊl/ | |
| 121 | pool /pul/ | 122 | plural /ˈplʊər-əl/ | |
| 123 | possible /ˈpɒs-ə-bəl/ | 124 | sell /sɛl/ | |
| 125 | sale /seɪl/ | 126 | seal /sil/ | |
| 127 | school /skul/ | 128 | single /ˈsɪŋ-gəl/ | |
| 129 | skill /skɪl/ | 130 | soil /sɔɪl/ | |
| 131 | style /staɪl/ | 132 | tale /teɪl/ | |
| 133 | tall /tɔl/ | 134 | tell /tɛl/ | |
| 135 | towel /ˈtaʊəl/ | 136 | table /ˈteɪbəl/ | |
| 137 | trouble /ˈtrʌb-əl/ | 138 | wall /wɔl/ | |
| 139 | well /wɛl/ | 140 | will /wɪl/ | |
| 141 | whale /ʰweɪl/ | |||
| 142 | calm /kɑm/ | |||
| 143 | talk /tɔk/ | 144 | half /hæf/ | |
| 145 | walk /wɔk/ | 146 | could /kʊd/ | |
| 147 | should /ʃʊd/ | 148 | would /wʊd/ | |
| 149 | folk /foʊk/ | 150 | Lincoln /ˈlɪŋ-kən/ | |
| 151 | colonel /ˈkɜr-nl/ | 152 | chalk /tʃɔk/ | |
| 153 | salmon /ˈsæmən/ |
Sentences: |
- Latin folk love the nightlife and salsa dancing.
- Our Lady of the Lake consists of 100 acres of land.
- The library has law books in every language.
- Larry has a large lip from fighting with Lynn.
- Lanette laughed at Linda's face after she licked the sour lemon.
- The only flag I will display is in my family photo album.
- Shelly collects black beetles and flies.
- The glass vase with the purple flowers is worth one million dollars.
- In the event of a boating accident, staying afloat allows one to stay alive.
- People who drink milk have strong nails, silky skin, and a healthy body .
- The male dog is skillful in fetching a ball.
- Is it possible for an oil lamp to burn for a full 8 hours without needing a refill?
- Bill talked about his health, wealth, and children all day long.
- Kelly felt calm when she talked to her boyfriend, Leonard, after his surgery.
- Colonel Holms ate salmon everyday despite its chalky taste.
- My generous dad split half of my brother's inheritance and left little for everyone else.
- There is no limit as to how long one should talk but there should be a limit on what one should tell.
Story: |
Lindsey loved to go to Lake Lyndon B. Johnson during the summer months. She loved fishing for tadpoles and catfish and diving from the cliffs. One hot day in July, Lindsey fell from a cliff and slammed her leg on a rock.
Around the same time, a girl named Jill also fell from the cliff at Lake LBJ. When Jill approached the ledge, her lemon-colored sandals split open and she lost her balance. Luckily, Lindsey and Jill shared a room in the hospital and quickly became friends. Afterwards, Jill and Lindsey kept in touch by writing e-mail and letters. They always talked about how they would like to return to the lake and meet for lunch at the Salt Lake Cafe.
Finally, three years after the girls learned their lesson on that giant cliff, they laughed and giggled over a lovely lunch. As they blessed their food, the girls both gave thanks for being alive. Lindsey smiled and listened to Jill tell the story about her life. As Lindsey nibbled her food, she quickly remembered how much she loathed the food in the hospital. Jill agreed as she looked at her own delicious meal. After the girls finished lunch, they indulged by eating a thick slice of Italian cream cake.
After finishing their meal, Jill toiled with the idea of going to the lake one last time. Lindsey could not imagine allowing Jill to venture out there on her own, so she agreed to join her. The two girls sat far from the edge of the cliff and watched the sunset together. After they enjoyed the beautiful colors in the sky, they walked to the pier and slipped their toes in the water.

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