Lesson 21. That's Life!

/l/

Lesson 21; Part A

How to make the sound /I/
Look at the diagram.
Listen and say the sound.
The tip of your tonguetouches the roof of your mouth just behind the top teeth, the airpasses the sides of the tongue, and there is voicing.
(If you prepareto say /l/ but breathe in instead of out, you feel cold air on thesides of your tongue.)
Target sound: /lllll/

Lesson 21; Part B

Sound and spelling /l/ is spelled l or ll. Listen and say these words. I Iearn Ieave Ianguage Iovely aIone feeI heIp EngIish II taII weII yeIIow
/l/ is long at the end of some words. Listen and say these words. people simple uncle little
In some words, the letter l is silent. Listen and say these words. half talk could
Listen and say these sentences. 1 When shall we leave? 2 Are you alone? 3 How do you feel? 4 Сan I help you? 5 Look at those lovely little yellow flowers. 6 Learning a language can be difficult for some people.

Exercises

1 Write the words.

Write these words.
Example:
/fi:l/ fill
1    /leit/
2   /Iait/
3    /lа:d3/
4   /k∂uld/
5   /'teibl/
6   /'æpl/
7   /'lз:niη/
8   /bi'l∂u/

Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

2 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences using the words.

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences using these words. hello double middle bottle ~~letter~~ litter table alphabet single letter little apple

1 Did you say the letter box or the _______litter bin? 2 _______Hello. My name's L. I'm the twelfth _______letter of the _______alphabet. 3 There's an _______apple in the _______middle of the _______table. 4 Would you like a _______single room or a _______bouble? 5 What's in that _______little _______bottle? Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.