I is a voiced consonant

Place the tip of the tongue on the gums, back of the upper teeth, as for t, and expel the breath with vibration of the vocal cords, allowing the voice to escape at the sides of the tongue.

Phonetic Symbol, l

Drill: lah, la, lee, loo, loh, law, al, el, il, ool, ul, ol

This sound occurs initially, finally, and medially:

lark

lamp

lair

lay

let

learn

lea

lid

lute

loop

look

line

load

lump

loin

law

lot

loud

  1. The luckless Luke lost his luggage in the lake
  2. The lion and the leopard leaped from the ledge.
  3. Lettie left London for Liverpool on the last day of July
  4. Lillian led the little lame lad to a low bench under the lilacs

shall

animal

silver

tell

school

eleven

will

camel

alley

pull

cereal

delight

skull

annual

island

knoll

shovel

olive

  1. Phil will fill the pail at the well.
  2. The Nile valley is very fertile.
  3. Laura left the library at eleven o'clock.
  4. La Salle and his little band explored Louisiana.
  5. The miller will sell the old millwheel.
  6. Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel.
  7. Did Longfellow love little children?
  8. The thistle is flowering on Scotland's hill.
  9. The beautiful city of Burlington is on Lake Champlain.
  10. The lady will lend her lantern to the lonely traveler.
  11. Mildred spent April in Colorado and Lafayette helped the Colonists during the Revolu­tion.
  12. The purple lilacs looked well on the large old mantel.
  13. Lottie and Eliza live in a low valley among the Beautiful Lake Killarney lies in Ireland, the Em­erald.
  14. Walter and William labored early and late during the last Liberty Loan.
  15. "The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory."