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Complex Clusters with l In American English

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Pronunciation Exercises for Consonant Clusters with l in English

Complex Consonant Clusters with l

This lesson deals with VCC combinations of the sound /l/ where it is followed by another consonant and forms a difficult cluster, as well as VCCC combinations where the clusters are more complex. The simpler patterns in which /l/ appears are covered in a separate lesson. All the words in this lesson include consonant clusters, so they might require extra practice. Repeat each one aloud as many times as necessary to master the transition between the sounds.

Step 1: Vowel + Consonant + Consonant

Short i + l + t → /ɪlt/

Example

built, guilt, silt

Short e + l + t → /ɛlt/

Example

belt, melt, felt

a + l + t → /ɑlt/

Example

salt, vault, fault

Short a + l + t → /ʌlt/

Example

cult, adult

Long o + l + t → /oʊlt/

Example

bolt, jolt

Short i + l + n → /ɪln/

Example

kiln

Short i + l + m → /ɪlm/

Example

film

Short e + l + m → /ɛlm/

Example

helm, realm

Short a + l + b → /ʌlb/

Example

bulb

Short e + l + v → /ɛlv/

Example

shelve, delve, twelve

a + l + v → /ɑlv/

Example

evolve, revolve, resolve

æ + l + v → /ælv/

Example

valve

Short e + l + p → /ɛlp/

Example

help, yelp, kelp

æ + l + p → /ælp/

Example

scalp

Short a + l + p → /ʌlp/

Example

gulp, pulp

Short e + l + f → /ɛlf/

Example

elf, self, shelf

a + l + f → /ɑlf/

Example

golf

Short a + l + f → /ʌlf/

Example

gulf

Short u + l + f → /ʊlf/

Example

wolf

Short i + l + k → /ɪlk/

Example

milk, silk

Short a + l + k → /ʌlk/

Example

bulk, hulk, sulk

Short i + l + th → /ɪlθ/

Example

filth

Short e + l + th → /ɛlθ/

Example

health, wealth, stealth

Short a + l + j → /ʌldʒ/

Example

bulge, indulge

Short e + l + ch → /ɛltʃ/

Example

belch

Short a + l + ch → /ʌltʃ/

Example

mulch

Step 2: Vowel + Three-Consonant Cluster

i + l + d + z → /ildz/

Example

fields, shields, yields

Short i + l + d + z → /ɪldz/

Example

builds, guilds

Long o + l + d + z → /oʊldz/

Example

holds, folds, molds

Short i + l + k + t → /ɪlkt/

Example

milked

Short a + l + k + t → /ʌlkt/

Example

bulked, hulked, sulked

Short e + l + p + t → /ɛlpt/

Example

helped, yelped

æ + l + p + t → /ælpt/

Example

scalped

Short a + l + b + z → /ʌlbz/

Example

bulbs

Short e + l + v + z → /ɛlvz/

Example

shelves, delves

Short e + l + v + d → /ɛlvd/

Example

shelved, delved

a + l + v + z → /ɑlvz/

Example

evolves, revolves, resolves

a + l + v + d → /ɑlvd/

Example

evolved, revolved, resolved

Short i + l + m + d → /ɪlmd/

Example

filmed

Short i + l + m + z → /ɪlmz/

Example

films

Short e + l + m + z → /ɛlmz/

Example

helms, realms

Short i + l + n + z → /ɪlnz/

Example

kilns

Short a + l + f + s → /ʌlfs/

Example

gulfs

Short e + l + ch + t → /ɛltʃt/

Example

belched

Short a + l + j + d → /ʌldʒd/

Example

bulged, indulged

Short e + l + f + th → /ɛlfθ/

Example

twelfth

Sentence Drills

Example

He felt guilt after the bolt hit the vault.

The film showed a jolt that made the lamp flicker.

She tried to resolve the fault in the vault system.

The child began to melt the salt on the cold shelf.

The elf sat on the shelf next to the wolf and the doll.

They built a kiln near the fields.

The bulb in the helm lit the realm at night.

The shelves held films from the old vault.

The adults resolved the fault and evolved the system.

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