Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 912 · 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 “take it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
2. 2.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
3. 3.Which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
4. 4.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) tur-noff (b) turn | off
5. 5.Say “stand up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) stan-dup (b) stand | up
6. 6.Listen to “half an apple”. Which shows how the words join? (a) half | an | apple (b) hal-fa-napple
7. 7.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lot-sof (b) lots | of
8. 8.Which little sound joins “how are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
9. 9.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | at (b) loo-kat
10. 10.Which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
11. 11.Listen to “kind of”. Which shows how the words join? (a) kin-dof (b) kind | of
12. 12.Say “sit up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup
13. 13.Listen to “pick it up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pick | it | up (b) pi-ki-tup
14. 14.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nidea (b) an | idea
15. 15.Listen: which little sound joins “how are” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
16. 16.Listen to “this is”. Which shows how the words join? (a) this | is (b) thi-sis
17. 17.Listen to “come in”. Which shows how the words join? (a) come | in (b) cu-min
18. 18.Say “half an apple” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hal-fa-napple (b) half | an | apple
19. 19.Listen to “look out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
20. 20.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
21. 21.Listen to “pass it”. Which shows how the words join? (a) pa-sit (b) pass | it
22. 22.Which little sound joins “two eggs” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
23. 23.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
24. 24.Listen: which little sound joins “my uncle” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
25. 25.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) tea time (b) my book (c) kind of
26. 26.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) ta-kit (b) take | it
27. 27.Say “what about” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) wha-tabout (b) what | about
28. 28.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
29. 29.Say “pick it up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pi-ki-tup (b) pick | it | up
30. 30.Which little sound joins “you asked” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
31. 31.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) tea time (b) two cats (c) hold on
32. 32.Listen to “sit up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup
33. 33.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
34. 34.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) three trees (b) get up (c) the dog
35. 35.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | out (b) loo-kout
36. 36.Listen: which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
37. 37.Say “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-negg (b) an | egg
38. 38.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) go home (b) an idea (c) two cats
39. 39.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
40. 40.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) stand up (b) blue car (c) my book

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