Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 41 · 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 “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
2. 2.Which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
3. 3.Which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
4. 4.Listen to “an orange”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
5. 5.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
6. 6.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hold | on (b) hol-don
7. 7.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) go home (b) so big (c) pass it
8. 8.Listen: which little sound joins “three eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
9. 9.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
10. 10.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
11. 11.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lot-sof (b) lots | of
12. 12.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
13. 13.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
14. 14.Listen to “find out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) find | out (b) fin-dout
15. 15.Listen to “lots of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
16. 16.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) my bag (c) stand up
17. 17.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
18. 18.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) what | about (b) wha-tabout
19. 19.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
20. 20.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
21. 21.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
22. 22.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
23. 23.Which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
24. 24.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
25. 25.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) see you (b) this is (c) tea time
26. 26.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
27. 27.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
28. 28.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) turn off (c) new shoes
29. 29.Listen: which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
30. 30.Listen to “take it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
31. 31.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
32. 32.Listen to “stand up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) stand | up (b) stan-dup
33. 33.Which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
34. 34.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
35. 35.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stand | up (b) stan-dup
36. 36.Listen to “what about”. Which shows how the words join? (a) what | about (b) wha-tabout
37. 37.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
38. 38.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
39. 39.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
40. 40.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) an egg (c) my bag

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