Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 210 · 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.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) find | out (b) fin-dout
2. 2.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
3. 3.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
4. 4.Listen: which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
5. 5.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
6. 6.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
7. 7.Listen: which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
8. 8.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) go home (c) pick it up
9. 9.Listen to “wake up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
10. 10.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) the dog (b) two cats (c) look at
11. 11.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
12. 12.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) tea time (c) put on
13. 13.Listen: which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
14. 14.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
15. 15.Listen: which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
16. 16.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) take it (c) go home
17. 17.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stan-dup (b) stand | up
18. 18.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) go home (b) three trees (c) come in
19. 19.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
20. 20.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) an orange (b) so big (c) the dog
21. 21.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
22. 22.Which little sound joins “she ate” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
23. 23.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
24. 24.Listen to “fill in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fi-lin (b) fill | in
25. 25.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
26. 26.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
27. 27.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
28. 28.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) this is (b) go home (c) three trees
29. 29.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
30. 30.Which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
31. 31.Which little sound joins “go out” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
32. 32.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
33. 33.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
34. 34.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
35. 35.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) half an apple (b) the dog (c) my book
36. 36.Which little sound joins “three eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
37. 37.Listen: which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
38. 38.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
39. 39.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
40. 40.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout

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