Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 58 · 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.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
3. 3.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
4. 4.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
5. 5.Listen to “lots of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
6. 6.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
7. 7.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
8. 8.Which little sound joins “who is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
9. 9.Say “sit up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup
10. 10.Listen: which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
11. 11.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
12. 12.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) three trees (b) find out (c) the dog
13. 13.Listen to “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
14. 14.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) come in (c) the dog
15. 15.Listen to “stand up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) stan-dup (b) stand | up
16. 16.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pick | it | up (b) pi-ki-tup
17. 17.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | idea (b) a-nidea
18. 18.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
19. 19.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
20. 20.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) give up (b) new shoes (c) blue car
21. 21.Listen to “an orange”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
22. 22.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
23. 23.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
24. 24.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hal-fa-napple (b) half | an | apple
25. 25.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
26. 26.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
27. 27.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) lots of (b) two cats (c) blue car
28. 28.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) half an apple (c) three trees
29. 29.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
30. 30.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) the dog (b) blue car (c) look at
31. 31.Listen: which little sound joins “I am” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
32. 32.Listen to “clean it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) clean | it (b) clea-nit
33. 33.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fill | in (b) fi-lin
34. 34.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
35. 35.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
36. 36.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) go home (b) you know (c) cut it out
37. 37.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) wake up (c) you know
38. 38.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
39. 39.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
40. 40.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clea-nit (b) clean | it

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