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Minimal Pairs – /l/ and /r/

/l/ as in "load"   ·   /r/ as in "road"

loadroad
layray
licerice
lendrend
lidrid
lightwrite
lightsrights
laughterrafter
liverriver
loyalroyal
flightfright
flockfrock
fleafree
flyfry
glamourgrammar
bellyberry
jellyJerry
alivearrive
believebereave
believedbereaved

Read the words aloud, concentrating on the difference between the two consonant sounds.