Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 852 · 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 “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
2. 2.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | at (b) loo-kat
3. 3.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
4. 4.Listen to “stand up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) stand | up (b) stan-dup
5. 5.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
6. 6.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
7. 7.Listen: which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
8. 8.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
9. 9.Listen to “pass it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
10. 10.Say “sit up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) si-tup (b) sit | up
11. 11.Which little sound joins “you asked” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
12. 12.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clea-nit (b) clean | it
13. 13.Say “come in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-min (b) come | in
14. 14.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
15. 15.Listen: which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
16. 16.Listen to “an hour”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
17. 17.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) turn off (b) so big (c) blue car
18. 18.Listen to “this is”. Which shows how the words join? (a) thi-sis (b) this | is
19. 19.Which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
20. 20.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
21. 21.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
22. 22.Listen: which little sound joins “she ate” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
23. 23.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
24. 24.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my bag (b) two cats (c) find out
25. 25.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
26. 26.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
27. 27.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) three trees (b) you know (c) this is
28. 28.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stan-dup (b) stand | up
29. 29.Listen to “what about”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
30. 30.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jum-pin (b) jump | in
31. 31.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
32. 32.Listen: which little sound joins “three eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
33. 33.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pick | it | up (b) pi-ki-tup
34. 34.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
35. 35.Listen to “put on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
36. 36.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) you know (b) half an apple (c) blue car
37. 37.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) what | about (b) wha-tabout
38. 38.Listen to “wake up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) wa-kup (b) wake | up
39. 39.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) an egg (b) so big (c) two cats
40. 40.Which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”

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