Linking: consonant sound + vowel sound

AUDIO QUIZ:  https://www.evaeaston.com/linking-1#quiz
COMPLETE Linking Course:  https://evaeaston.com/linking/

LINKING is a basic element of American English Pronunciation.
In a dictionary, words are given in isolation.
In natural speech, however, you don’t say words separately.
You connect words together.  You LINK them.
In this lesson, we're going to practice linking pattern #1: consonant sound + vowel sound

RELATED LESSONS:
pattern 1:  consonant sound + vowel sound -- Linking:  consonant sound + vowel sound
pattern 1:  word final /t, d, Id/ + vowel sound -- Linking:  /t, d, Id/ + vowel sound
pattern 1:  word final -ed /dId/ + vowel sound -- Linking:  -ed /dId/ + vowel sound
pattern 1:  word final /s, z, Iz/ + vowel sound -- Linking: /s, z, Iz/ + vowel sound
pattern 1:  present vs. past tense + vowel sound -- Linking:  present tense vs. past tens...
pattern 2:  vowel sound /y, w/ + vowel sound -- Linking:  vowel sound /y, w/ + vowel ...
pattern 3:  consonant + same consonant -- Linking:  consonant sound + same cons...
pattern 4:  t + y = /t͡ʃ/ -- Linking:  /t/ + /y/ = /t͡ʃ/
pattern 5:  d + y = /d͡ʒ/ -- Linking:  /d/ + /y/ =/d͡ʒ/

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