Sound Contrast: /l/ vs. /r/

Listen to the difference between the consonant sounds (/l/ vs. /r/) in the following pairs of words.

• alive
  | arrive
• bloom
  | broom
• clock
  | crock
• fly
  | fry
• glue
  | grew
• lamb
  | ram
• lane
  | rain
• led
  | red
• lice
  | rice
• light
  | right
• liver
  | river
• lock
  | rock

Depending on your native language distinguishing the difference can be very easy or very difficult.