Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 610 · 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 “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
2. 2.Listen to “jump in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
3. 3.Listen to “this is”. Which shows how the words join? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
4. 4.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
5. 5.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
6. 6.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
7. 7.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) the dog (c) look at
8. 8.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
9. 9.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-min (b) come | in
10. 10.Which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
11. 11.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pa-sit (b) pass | it
12. 12.Listen to “stand up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) stand | up (b) stan-dup
13. 13.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
14. 14.Listen to “hold on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
15. 15.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
16. 16.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
17. 17.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
18. 18.Listen to “take it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ta-kit (b) take | it
19. 19.Listen to “fill in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fi-lin (b) fill | in
20. 20.Listen to “an idea”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
21. 21.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hold | on (b) hol-don
22. 22.Which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
23. 23.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
24. 24.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
25. 25.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
26. 26.Listen: which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
27. 27.Listen to “come in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
28. 28.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
29. 29.Listen: which little sound joins “you asked” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
30. 30.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
31. 31.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
32. 32.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) three trees (b) an idea (c) blue car
33. 33.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
34. 34.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
35. 35.Listen to “what about”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
36. 36.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
37. 37.Listen to “put on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
38. 38.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) you know (c) an orange
39. 39.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fill | in (b) fi-lin
40. 40.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) see you (b) my bag (c) kind of

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