Exercise 5-10:

Dull versus

Repeat after me.

laid

ladle

lay dull

To hear the difference between and,

contrast the sentences,

Don't lay dull tiles

and Don't ladle tiles.

lay dull

ladle

She lay on her linoleum

and slid along the floor in anguish.

A little later,

she leapt up and laughed.

She no longer longed

for a leader

to tell her how to live her life.

Little Lola was finally all well.