Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 741 · 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 “sit up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup
2. 2.Listen: which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
3. 3.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jum-pin (b) jump | in
4. 4.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
5. 5.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
6. 6.Which little sound joins “we are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
7. 7.Listen to “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
8. 8.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
9. 9.Listen: which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
10. 10.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
11. 11.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) pick it up (b) go home (c) blue car
12. 12.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
13. 13.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
14. 14.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
15. 15.Listen: which little sound joins “my uncle” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
16. 16.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) what | about (b) wha-tabout
17. 17.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
18. 18.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fill | in (b) fi-lin
19. 19.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) go home (c) an orange
20. 20.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) three trees (c) give up
21. 21.Listen to “an orange”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
22. 22.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
23. 23.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
24. 24.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
25. 25.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hal-fa-napple (b) half | an | apple
26. 26.Listen to “what about”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
27. 27.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
28. 28.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
29. 29.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
30. 30.Which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
31. 31.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my bag (b) put on (c) the dog
32. 32.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) pass it (b) so big (c) new shoes
33. 33.Listen: which little sound joins “go out” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
34. 34.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stand | up (b) stan-dup
35. 35.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
36. 36.Which little sound joins “no answer” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
37. 37.Listen: which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
38. 38.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) new shoes (b) look at (c) three trees
39. 39.Listen: which little sound joins “so easy” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
40. 40.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | hour (b) a-nour

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