r

The phonetic sound /r/ is a voiced liquid palatal.

voiced = vocal cords vibrate while making this sound

liquid palatal = the tip of your tongue should point up, but not touch anything. At the same time, the back of your tongue should touch the sides of your upper teeth- use vocal cords to make sound over the sides of your tongue.

Listen and repeat words with /r/

word initial /r/ sounds like: run, read, ready, rope, red, write

middle /r/ sounds like: carry, story, every, around, different, American

final /r/ sounds like: far, later, hear, or, where, more

/r/ in consonant clusters: start, hard, group, tree, three, learn

Spelling Tips:

r: run, reach, ready

rr: arrow, sorry, correct

wr: wrong, write, wrist

Choose from these /r/ practice activities

Minimal Pairs

/l/ vs. /r/

Take me there...

Drag & Drop

/l/ - /r/

Take me there...

Cloze Listening

Take me there...

Tongue Twister:

Re-read this really rapidly.

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