Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 51 · 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.Which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
2. 2.Listen to “look at”. Which shows how the words join? (a) look | at (b) loo-kat
3. 3.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
4. 4.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
5. 5.Which little sound joins “how are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
6. 6.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
7. 7.Listen to “come in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
8. 8.Listen to “an idea”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | idea (b) a-nidea
9. 9.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
10. 10.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) what | about (b) wha-tabout
11. 11.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) go home (c) lots of
12. 12.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
13. 13.Listen to “find out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
14. 14.Which little sound joins “my uncle” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
15. 15.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clean | it (b) clea-nit
16. 16.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
17. 17.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) clean it (b) see you (c) new shoes
18. 18.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
19. 19.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lot-sof (b) lots | of
20. 20.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
21. 21.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | hour (b) a-nour
22. 22.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
23. 23.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) find | out (b) fin-dout
24. 24.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
25. 25.Listen to “fill in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fi-lin (b) fill | in
26. 26.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wa-kup (b) wake | up
27. 27.Listen to “this is”. Which shows how the words join? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
28. 28.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fill | in (b) fi-lin
29. 29.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
30. 30.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) get up (c) the dog
31. 31.Listen to “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
32. 32.Listen to “hold on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
33. 33.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
34. 34.Listen: which little sound joins “three eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
35. 35.Listen to “take it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ta-kit (b) take | it
36. 36.Listen: which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
37. 37.Listen to “an orange”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
38. 38.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) this is (c) see you
39. 39.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
40. 40.Which little sound joins “so easy” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”

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