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Pronunciation - Connected Speech 1

This document contains exercises and examples related to pronunciation and connected speech in English. It includes: 1. A phone conversation dialogue with blanks to be filled in practicing fast speech. 2. Examples of words that can be linked together when one word ends in a consonant and the next begins with a vowel. 3. An exercise identifying words that result from moving consonants between the end of one word and start of the next.

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Pronunciation - Connected Speech 1

This document contains exercises and examples related to pronunciation and connected speech in English. It includes: 1. A phone conversation dialogue with blanks to be filled in practicing fast speech. 2. Examples of words that can be linked together when one word ends in a consonant and the next begins with a vowel. 3. An exercise identifying words that result from moving consonants between the end of one word and start of the next.

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Online English Courses Pronunciation Work Connected Speech

1. Speaking in Fast Speech


 Listen to the following phone conversation and complete the dialogue.

Adam: Hello, (a)________________ Adam. (b) ____________________Jess, please?

Paul: I’m afraid (c) ____________________________________ moment.


(d) _____________________ call you back as soon as she (e) _______________, ok?

Adam: Mmm OK… if she (f) ____________________ few minutes but I’m going out
(g) ____________________ hour. I’ll be (h) __________________________ o ‘clock.
Shall (i) _____________________ then?

Paul: I think she’s (j) ____________________ on … Oh, (k) ___________________,


I think she’s (l) _________________________ shower now.
Jess! (m) __________________ phone!

Jess: Thanks, (n) _______________________. Adam! Hello! (o) ________________?


Taken from: Cunningham, S. and Bowler, B. 1999. New Headway Pronunciation Course Intermediate. OUP.

2. CATENATION – Linking sounds


 When a word ends in a consonant sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, they can be linked. Note all
the examples of possible links in the following sentences.

Example: How long will it take us to get to the East End?

1. Several of the speakers are from Africa, and one or two from America.

2. Tom’s not as tall as the rest of the family.

3. We’ll be there at ten o ‘clock, if we’re at all lucky.

4. My mother lives in the USA and my mother-in-law lives in England.

5. A: Where’s Ann? B: I’ve just left her own her own.

6. Peter and Tom must be over in the canteen, I think.

7. I’ll be there in half an hour, if I can.

8. My brother and sister are over here for two and a half weeks.

9. I’d really like a bowl of Italian ice-cream.

10. A: Where’s Andrew? B: I’ve just seen him buying some oranges and apples in the market.

Taken from: Vaughan-Rees, M. 2002. Test your Pronunciation. Pearson Education Ltd.
Online English Courses Pronunciation Work Connected Speech

3. JUNCTURE – Linking sounds

 What two words do you get if you move the consonant from the end of one word to the beginning of the next or vice
versa? Complete the table. Remember: think about sound, not spelling!

 Think of a computer which people speak into and it writes what they say. This computer wrote the sentences below
incorrectly. Correct the phrases that are wrong using the phrases in the box.

Taken from: Hancock, M. 2003. English


Pronunciation in Use. CUP.

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