LINKING

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Linking in English
At its simplest, linking is the blending
of multiple words together until they
sound as if they are only one word
If you recognize and use linking, two things
will happen:
1. you will understand other people more
easily
2. other people will understand you more
easily

Linking in English
At its simplest, linking is the blending
of multiple words together until they
sound as if they are only one word
If you recognize and use linking, two things
will happen:
1. you will understand other people more
easily
2. other people will understand you more
easily

There are basically three types of linking:

Types of Linking

A. Linking Vowel to Vowel

When one word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, we link the
words with a sort ofWorYsound.

ourWhen one word ends with a vowel

sound and the next word begins with a
vowel sound, we link the words with a sort
of W or Y sound.
If

If our lips are round at the end of the

first word, we insert a W sound:
We write it
like this:

oo
| We say it like
o this:

too often

who is

tooWoften whoWis

so I

do all

soWI

DoWall

Examples :

Examples :

Examples :

Clear Pronunciation

Linking Vowel Sounds

with a w

How old are you?

How (w)old are you?

I know enough.

I know (w)enough.

Shes too upset.

Shes too (w)upset.

Please go inside.

Please go (w)inside.

Look at the zoo animals.

Look at the zoo (w)animals.

If our lips are wide at the end of the first

word, we insert a Y sound:
oo
|
--

We write
it like
this:

Kay is

I am

the end

she asked

We say it
like this:

KayYis

IYam

theYend

SheYasked

The plane is flying at a h

igh altitude.

Linking Vowel Sounds

with a y
The plane is flying at a high
(y)altitude.

She opened the gift.

She (y)opened the gift.

You have to pay extra.

You have to pay (y)extra.

Did you see it?

Did you see (y)it?

Clear Pronunciation

The storm may end soon.

The storm may (y)end soon

.

B. Linking Consonant to Vowel

When a word ends in a consonant sound, we
often move the consonant sound to the
beginning of the next word if it starts with a
vowel sound.
For example, in the phrase "turn off":
Remember that it's the sound that matters. In
the next example, "have" ends with:
the letter "e" (vowel)
the sound "v" (consonant)
So we link "have" to the next word "a" which
begins with a vowel sound:
We write it like
this:

turn

of

We say it like
this:

tur

nof

More Examples :
Indian elephant
Indian elephant India nelephant
Clear Pronunciation

Linking Consonants and

Vowels

I want a red apple.

I want a red apple.

I bought Alice a dozen eggs.

I bought Alice a dozen eggs.

Whales are huge animals.

Whales are huge animals.

The roads are icy.

The roads are icy.

Tennis isnt an easy sport.

Tennis isnt an easy sport.

C. Linking Consonant to Consonant

When a word ends in a consonant sound and
the following word begins in the same or
similar consonant sound, you will only
pronounce that sound once by lengthening or
holding the sound. You do not say the
consonant sound twice.
Examples:
best time > bestime [BESTYM]
big grape > bigrayp [BIGRAYP]
good day > gooday [GDEY]
sit down > sitdown [SITDOWN]

Hes less certain.

Linking Identical
Consonant Sounds
Hes less certain.

I feel lucky.

I feel lucky.

He was a weak king.

He was a weak king.

He worked downtown.

He worked downtown.

Clear Pronunciation

Smith is a common name.

Smith is a common name.