Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 795 · 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 “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
2. 2.Listen: which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
3. 3.Listen to “this is”. Which shows how the words join? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
4. 4.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
5. 5.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
6. 6.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
7. 7.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ge-tup (b) get | up
8. 8.Listen to “lots of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
9. 9.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
10. 10.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
11. 11.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) so big (c) fill in
12. 12.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wa-kup (b) wake | up
13. 13.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
14. 14.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
15. 15.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
16. 16.Listen: which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
17. 17.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
18. 18.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) pick it up (c) my bag
19. 19.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) see you (b) hold on (c) you know
20. 20.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
21. 21.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) an orange (b) so big (c) new shoes
22. 22.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
23. 23.Which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
24. 24.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
25. 25.Listen: which little sound joins “we are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
26. 26.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) find | out (b) fin-dout
27. 27.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clea-nit (b) clean | it
28. 28.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
29. 29.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
30. 30.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
31. 31.Listen to “an idea”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
32. 32.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
33. 33.Listen to “clean it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) clea-nit (b) clean | it
34. 34.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) blue car (b) go home (c) look out
35. 35.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
36. 36.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
37. 37.Listen to “take it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
38. 38.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
39. 39.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
40. 40.Listen: which little sound joins “she ate” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”

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