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Licenciatura en Inglés Modalidad Virtual
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Fonética del Ingles 20202 Grupo BL2

Unidad 4
Linking Sounds

Teacher.
Danny Alejandro Mahecha Benito
 Definition

Consonant
to vowel
linking

Linking
Vowel to Sounds
vowel
linking.

Linking 'r'
 Linking Sounds

the next one begins with a vowel sound. We write this phrasal
verb in this way: Turn off. But we pronounce it like this: Tur
-noff. We join the “n” of the word “turn” with the letter “o” of the
word “off”.
 Consonant to vowel linking

The first linking case occurs when a word ends in a

consonant and the next one begins with a vowel sound.
We write this phrasal verb in this way: Turn off. But we
pronounce it like this: Tur -noff. We join the “n” of the word
“turn” with the letter “o” of the word “off”.
Consonant to vowel linking

Another important linking case is when certain vowels

come next to each other an extra sound is added to make
the link smooth. In other words, when a word ends in
vowel and the next one begins with a vowel sound we add
and extra sound to make the pronuciation easier. In this
cases we insert a “Y” sound at the beginning of the next
word. We write this sentence like this: the end. But we
pronounce it like this: they end. Look at these two more
examples: we write “Pay all” but we pronounce “Payall”.
We write “lie on” but we pronounce “lieyon”.
Linking r:

The Linking R sound in

English is an extra sound that
we use between two words
when we are connecting
these two words together. If
we pronounce the two words
separately, we do not use an
R sound between them but if
we pronounce them together,
we say a R sound between
the words because it makes
the words easier to
pronounce quickly.
Practicing Test