Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 12 · 40 questions

How to say it (Join the words): Consonant + vowel: move the consonant to the next word — pick it up → pi-ki-tup. Vowel + vowel: after oo/oh/ow add a little w (go-wout); after ee/eye/ay add a little y (he-yis). Do not stop between the words — keep the air flowing.

1. 1.Which little sound joins “three eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
2. 2.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) go home (b) the dog (c) an egg
3. 3.Listen: which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
4. 4.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wa-kup (b) wake | up
5. 5.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
6. 6.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
7. 7.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
8. 8.Which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
9. 9.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jum-pin (b) jump | in
10. 10.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
11. 11.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
12. 12.Listen: which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
13. 13.Listen to “pass it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
14. 14.Listen to “find out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) find | out (b) fin-dout
15. 15.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | at (b) loo-kat
16. 16.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
17. 17.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
18. 18.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lot-sof (b) lots | of
19. 19.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
20. 20.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
21. 21.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) the dog (b) an orange (c) go home
22. 22.Listen to “half an apple”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hal-fa-napple (b) half | an | apple
23. 23.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stand | up (b) stan-dup
24. 24.Listen: which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
25. 25.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hold | on (b) hol-don
26. 26.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
27. 27.Which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
28. 28.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | hour (b) a-nour
29. 29.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) three trees (b) look out (c) go home
30. 30.Listen to “sit up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup
31. 31.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
32. 32.Say “sit up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) si-tup (b) sit | up
33. 33.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
34. 34.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
35. 35.Listen to “what about”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
36. 36.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clean | it (b) clea-nit
37. 37.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) lots of (c) three trees
38. 38.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
39. 39.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
40. 40.Which little sound joins “no answer” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”

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