How to pronounce -L- in English

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London

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Lion

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Lighthouse

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  1. Lyn will telephone a little later. Listen Listen Listen
  2. Lions like to laze about in the sun. Listen Listen Listen
  3. Lie on the pillow and look at the landing lights. Listen Listen Listen
  4. Will you lend me the little ball? Listen Listen Listen
  5. Emily coloured the palace black, blue and yellow. Listen Listen Listen
  6. They learnt alot that lunchtime. Listen Listen Listen
  7. The pleasant lady said hello. Listen Listen Listen
  8. He was glad that the well was full. Listen Listen Listen
  9. please stop pulling my sleeve and gloves. Listen Listen Listen
  10. Let's land the plane and have lunch. Listen Listen Listen

How to make this sound

To make the /l/ sound, lift and push the tongue tip up to the middle of the ridge just behind the two front top teeth while switching on voice. This is a voiced consonant.

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Words with this sound

late colour nail blue cloud leaf melon camel black climb lion pillow shell planet glad lazy lollypop little pleasant glue loud telephone metal place glass limp loudly control fly line koala ball floor light television full slow lunch hello tail sleep lose toilet mail clean