Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 440 · 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 “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
2. 2.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pick | it | up (b) pi-ki-tup
3. 3.Listen: which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
4. 4.Which little sound joins “how are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
5. 5.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
6. 6.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
7. 7.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
8. 8.Which little sound joins “so easy” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
9. 9.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
10. 10.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) new shoes (b) blue car (c) kind of
11. 11.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) find | out (b) fin-dout
12. 12.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
13. 13.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) new shoes (b) pick it up (c) two cats
14. 14.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
15. 15.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
16. 16.Listen to “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
17. 17.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
18. 18.Listen to “wake up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wa-kup (b) wake | up
19. 19.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) wake up (c) go home
20. 20.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
21. 21.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
22. 22.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
23. 23.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fill | in (b) fi-lin
24. 24.Which little sound joins “three eggs” 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 “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jum-pin (b) jump | in
27. 27.Listen to “come in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cu-min (b) come | in
28. 28.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clean | it (b) clea-nit
29. 29.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | hour (b) a-nour
30. 30.Listen to “pass it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pa-sit (b) pass | it
31. 31.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-min (b) come | in
32. 32.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) pass it (c) see you
33. 33.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) cut it out (b) two cats (c) blue car
34. 34.Which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
35. 35.Listen to “half an apple”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hal-fa-napple (b) half | an | apple
36. 36.Listen to “sit up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) si-tup (b) sit | up
37. 37.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) come in (b) new shoes (c) the dog
38. 38.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | at (b) loo-kat
39. 39.Listen to “an orange”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
40. 40.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout

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