It's 'Elision and Linking' Time!

I started it last Tuesday.

Which of the highlighted final sounds would disappear in fast speech?

Choose as many as you think are right.

• /d/ in 'started'

• /t/ in 'last'

I meant to tell you – your aunt Jane phoned.

Which of the highlighted final sounds would disappear in fast speech?

Choose as many as you think are right.

• /t/ in 'meant'

• /t/ in 'aunt'

The first time he was hit, he felt nothing, but the second time, he screamed in pain.

Which of the highlighted final sounds is normally pronounced in fast speech?

Choose as many as you think are right.

• /t/ in 'first'

• /t/ in 'felt'

• /d/ in 'second'

• /d/ in 'screamed'

I haven’t spent so much money since we went to London with your friends Tim and Anna.

Which of the highlighted final sounds would disappear in fast speech?

Choose as many as you think are right.

• /t/ in 'haven't'

• /t/ in 'spent'

• /t/ in 'went'

• /d/ in 'friends'

When speaking, we can often link a word with another word that is

• Anywhere in the same sentence

• Directly before or after it

Linking occurs mostly when words ending with a vowel or consonant sound are followed by words that begin with

• A vowel sound

• A consonant sound

• Both of the answers

In which pair of words does a consonant sound at the end of one word link with a vowel sound at the start of the next word?

• Come over

• Get better

• Lock down

Say each word pair to yourself. Which pair links?

• Pink elephant

• Pink panther

• Pink panda

Read the sentences aloud. Which has a pair of words that link?

• James works for his father.

• Jenny works for her uncle.

• Drake works for his cousin.

In speaking, which two words are linked by inserting a /w/ sound between them?

• We are

• You are

• She is

• They are