Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 301 · 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.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
2. 2.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pick | it | up (b) pi-ki-tup
3. 3.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clea-nit (b) clean | it
4. 4.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
5. 5.Listen to “wake up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wa-kup (b) wake | up
6. 6.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) lots of (b) tea time (c) three trees
7. 7.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fill | in (b) fi-lin
8. 8.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-min (b) come | in
9. 9.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
10. 10.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
11. 11.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
12. 12.Listen to “half an apple”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hal-fa-napple (b) half | an | apple
13. 13.Listen: which little sound joins “no answer” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
14. 14.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
15. 15.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
16. 16.Listen to “this is”. Which shows how the words join? (a) this | is (b) thi-sis
17. 17.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
18. 18.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
19. 19.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
20. 20.Which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
21. 21.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) get up (b) my book (c) the dog
22. 22.Listen to “find out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
23. 23.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
24. 24.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
25. 25.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
26. 26.Listen to “look at”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
27. 27.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
28. 28.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
29. 29.Listen to “hold on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hold | on (b) hol-don
30. 30.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
31. 31.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
32. 32.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
33. 33.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
34. 34.Listen to “stand up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) stand | up (b) stan-dup
35. 35.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) half an apple (c) go home
36. 36.Which little sound joins “go out” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
37. 37.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
38. 38.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) hold on (b) so big (c) new shoes
39. 39.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) take it (c) tea time
40. 40.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) an orange (b) see you (c) my book

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