Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 678 · 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 “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
2. 2.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
3. 3.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
4. 4.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | hour (b) a-nour
5. 5.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my bag (b) cut it out (c) blue car
6. 6.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-min (b) come | in
7. 7.Listen: which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
8. 8.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | idea (b) a-nidea
9. 9.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
10. 10.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
11. 11.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) an hour (b) two cats (c) see you
12. 12.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
13. 13.Which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
14. 14.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
15. 15.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fi-lin (b) fill | in
16. 16.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
17. 17.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ta-kit (b) take | it
18. 18.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) put on (c) my book
19. 19.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
20. 20.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
21. 21.Listen: which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
22. 22.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
23. 23.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) take it (b) two cats (c) blue car
24. 24.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
25. 25.Listen to “what about”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
26. 26.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) the dog (b) new shoes (c) fill in
27. 27.Listen: which little sound joins “my uncle” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
28. 28.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) the dog (b) get up (c) blue car
29. 29.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my book (b) find out (c) two cats
30. 30.Listen to “hold on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hold | on (b) hol-don
31. 31.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
32. 32.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
33. 33.Listen to “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
34. 34.Listen to “take it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ta-kit (b) take | it
35. 35.Listen to “come in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
36. 36.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) you know (c) wake up
37. 37.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
38. 38.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
39. 39.Listen to “lots of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
40. 40.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) tea time (b) stand up (c) the dog

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