Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 731 · 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.Listen: which little sound joins “so easy” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
3. 3.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) tea time (b) sit up (c) two cats
4. 4.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | hour (b) a-nour
5. 5.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
6. 6.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
7. 7.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
8. 8.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) an egg (b) three trees (c) new shoes
9. 9.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | hour (b) a-nour
10. 10.Listen: which little sound joins “who is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
11. 11.Listen to “an idea”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
12. 12.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ta-kit (b) take | it
13. 13.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hal-fa-napple (b) half | an | apple
14. 14.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
15. 15.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
16. 16.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
17. 17.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
18. 18.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) stand up (b) go home (c) two cats
19. 19.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
20. 20.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
21. 21.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
22. 22.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pick | it | up (b) pi-ki-tup
23. 23.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stan-dup (b) stand | up
24. 24.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) fill in (c) the dog
25. 25.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
26. 26.Listen: which little sound joins “how are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
27. 27.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
28. 28.Listen: which little sound joins “you asked” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
29. 29.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
30. 30.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) find out (b) blue car (c) see you
31. 31.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) clean it (c) two cats
32. 32.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) hold on (b) blue car (c) see you
33. 33.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
34. 34.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) pick it up (c) my book
35. 35.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) the dog (b) two cats (c) come in
36. 36.Which little sound joins “I am” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
37. 37.Which little sound joins “so easy” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
38. 38.Listen to “look at”. Which shows how the words join? (a) look | at (b) loo-kat
39. 39.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
40. 40.Which little sound joins “three eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”

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