Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 607 · 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 “find out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
2. 2.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
3. 3.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
4. 4.Listen to “sit up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup
5. 5.Which little sound joins “we are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
6. 6.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
7. 7.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
8. 8.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) this | is (b) thi-sis
9. 9.Listen: which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
10. 10.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
11. 11.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
12. 12.Listen: which little sound joins “we are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
13. 13.Which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
14. 14.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) clean it (c) go home
15. 15.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) tea time (b) pick it up (c) new shoes
16. 16.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
17. 17.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stan-dup (b) stand | up
18. 18.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
19. 19.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
20. 20.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) kind of (c) so big
21. 21.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
22. 22.Which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
23. 23.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
24. 24.Listen to “put on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
25. 25.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
26. 26.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
27. 27.Listen to “come in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
28. 28.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
29. 29.Listen: which little sound joins “how are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
30. 30.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
31. 31.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) go home (b) new shoes (c) wake up
32. 32.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
33. 33.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
34. 34.Listen to “an idea”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
35. 35.Listen: which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
36. 36.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
37. 37.Listen to “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
38. 38.Listen to “hold on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
39. 39.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) three trees (b) an orange (c) you know
40. 40.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout

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