Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 252 · 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 “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
2. 2.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
3. 3.Listen: which little sound joins “we are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
4. 4.Listen to “wake up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
5. 5.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
6. 6.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) see you (c) look at
7. 7.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
8. 8.Say “sit up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) si-tup (b) sit | up
9. 9.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
10. 10.Listen to “hold on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
11. 11.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
12. 12.Listen to “half an apple”. Which shows how the words join? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
13. 13.Which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
14. 14.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
15. 15.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
16. 16.Which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
17. 17.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
18. 18.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
19. 19.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) the dog (c) half an apple
20. 20.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) come in (b) see you (c) go home
21. 21.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) an idea (b) so big (c) go home
22. 22.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
23. 23.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
24. 24.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
25. 25.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
26. 26.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pick | it | up (b) pi-ki-tup
27. 27.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
28. 28.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
29. 29.Listen to “fill in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fill | in (b) fi-lin
30. 30.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) take it (c) you know
31. 31.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
32. 32.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fi-lin (b) fill | in
33. 33.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) tea time (b) see you (c) hold on
34. 34.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) find | out (b) fin-dout
35. 35.Listen to “look at”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
36. 36.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
37. 37.Listen: which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
38. 38.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
39. 39.Listen: which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
40. 40.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up

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