Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 873 · 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 “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lots | of (b) lot-sof
2. 2.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) get up (b) two cats (c) tea time
3. 3.Say “this is” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) this | is (b) thi-sis
4. 4.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) an egg (c) my book
5. 5.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my bag (b) two cats (c) hold on
6. 6.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) fill in (b) the dog (c) my bag
7. 7.Listen to “find out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
8. 8.Say “give up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) give | up (b) gi-vup
9. 9.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
10. 10.Listen: which little sound joins “I am” 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) the dog (c) sit up
12. 12.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) this is (b) two cats (c) my bag
13. 13.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
14. 14.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
15. 15.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) come in (b) three trees (c) blue car
16. 16.Listen to “half an apple”. Which shows how the words join? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
17. 17.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
18. 18.Listen to “come in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
19. 19.Which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
20. 20.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jum-pin (b) jump | in
21. 21.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fi-lin (b) fill | in
22. 22.Listen to “give up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) gi-vup (b) give | up
23. 23.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) two cats (b) you know (c) lots of
24. 24.Listen to “clean it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) clean | it (b) clea-nit
25. 25.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
26. 26.Listen: which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
27. 27.Listen to “turn off”. Which shows how the words join? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
28. 28.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) turn off (b) blue car (c) new shoes
29. 29.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
30. 30.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) put | on (b) pu-ton
31. 31.Say “wake up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wake | up (b) wa-kup
32. 32.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | idea (b) a-nidea
33. 33.Listen: which little sound joins “see it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
34. 34.Listen to “an egg”. Which shows how the words join? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
35. 35.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) go home (b) two cats (c) cut it out
36. 36.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
37. 37.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) give up (b) my book (c) tea time
38. 38.Listen: which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
39. 39.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
40. 40.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pa-sit (b) pass | it

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