Oral : Consonant Sounds /I/ and /r/ - SS1 English Past Questions and Answers - page 1

The consonants /r/ and /l/ are both alveolar consonants. This means that they are produced by placing the tongue against the alveolar ridge, which is the ridge behind the top teeth. The main difference between the two sounds is that the tongue is curled back for the sound /r/, while it is not curled back for the sound /l/.

The consonants /r/ and /l/ can affect the meaning of words in a number of ways. For example, the words "rat" and "lat" have different meanings because of the different initial consonants. Additionally, the consonants /r/ and /l/ can affect the pronunciation of words. For example, the word "little" is pronounced differently than the word "ritter" because of the different initial consonants.