Linking Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 21: Linking sounds · Set 994 · 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 “an egg” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | egg (b) a-negg
2. 2.Say “sit up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup
3. 3.Say “hold on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) hold | on (b) hol-don
4. 4.Say “lots of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) lot-sof (b) lots | of
5. 5.Listen: which little sound joins “so easy” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
6. 6.Listen to “get up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
7. 7.Say “fill in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fi-lin (b) fill | in
8. 8.Say “put on” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pu-ton (b) put | on
9. 9.Say “look out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) loo-kout (b) look | out
10. 10.Say “an hour” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) a-nour (b) an | hour
11. 11.Say “an orange” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | orange (b) a-norange
12. 12.Listen to “hold on”. Which shows how the words join? (a) hol-don (b) hold | on
13. 13.Say “cut it out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) cu-ti-tout (b) cut | it | out
14. 14.Listen: which little sound joins “too old” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
15. 15.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) new shoes (b) blue car (c) sit up
16. 16.Say “take it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) take | it (b) ta-kit
17. 17.Say “look at” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) look | at (b) loo-kat
18. 18.Say “an idea” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) an | idea (b) a-nidea
19. 19.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) my bag (b) come in (c) so big
20. 20.Say “get up” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) get | up (b) ge-tup
21. 21.Say “pass it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) pass | it (b) pa-sit
22. 22.Say “find out” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) fin-dout (b) find | out
23. 23.Listen: which little sound joins “he is” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
24. 24.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) an idea (c) go home
25. 25.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) so big (b) the dog (c) pass it
26. 26.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) three trees (b) two cats (c) put on
27. 27.Listen to “an orange”. Which shows how the words join? (a) a-norange (b) an | orange
28. 28.Listen to “cut it out”. Which shows how the words join? (a) cut | it | out (b) cu-ti-tout
29. 29.Listen to “stand up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) stan-dup (b) stand | up
30. 30.Say “clean it” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) clea-nit (b) clean | it
31. 31.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) see you (b) so big (c) lots of
32. 32.Say “turn off” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) turn | off (b) tur-noff
33. 33.Say “kind of” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) kind | of (b) kin-dof
34. 34.Say “jump in” smoothly. Which shows how it sounds? (a) jump | in (b) jum-pin
35. 35.Which little sound joins “blue eyes” when you say it smoothly? (a) “w” (b) “y”
36. 36.Listen to “look at”. Which shows how the words join? (a) loo-kat (b) look | at
37. 37.Which little sound joins “do it” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
38. 38.In which phrase does a consonant sound join the vowel of the next word? (a) new shoes (b) take it (c) tea time
39. 39.Which little sound joins “they also” when you say it smoothly? (a) “y” (b) “w”
40. 40.Listen to “sit up”. Which shows how the words join? (a) sit | up (b) si-tup

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