Tip 3 on Sound Linking

Teacher: Welcome to daily tips on learning English. Today's tip is on sound linking.

Teacher: When certain sounds are linked together, the resulting sound is merely the combination of the two original sounds. For example, one apple is pronounced onapple, onapple, and four apples is pronounced fourapples, fourapples. However, when other sounds are linked, there is a blending of the sounds.

Teacher: The sounds are linked smoothly without any break. For example, two apples is pronounced as if there were an additional W sound w in between the words, twowapples, twowapples. And when the words three and apple are linked, it sounds as if there were an additional Y sound y between the words, threeyapples, threeyapples, threeyapples.

Teacher: This is because the sounds between the words are linked smoothly without any break. Twowapples, twowapples, not two apples, two apples. Threeyapples, threeyapples, not three apples, three apples.

Teacher: Pay careful attention to how sounds are blended together. Another good example is how words ending in a T or D sound t or d are linked to words beginning with a Y sound y. For example, did you do it becomes Dijou do it, dijou do it. Would you do it becomes wouljou do it, wouljou do it. Notice how together did you becomes dijou and would you becomes wouljou and do it becomes dowit, dowit.

Teacher: Listen again as I give more examples. Did you do it? did you do it? would you do it? would you do it? should you do it? should you do it? could you do it? could you do it? And also notice when a word ending in the T sound t is followed by a word beginning in a Y sound y, you get the sound ch. For example, can't you do it? can't you do it? didn't you do it? didn't you do it? couldn't you do it? couldn't you do it? shouldn't you do it? shouldn't you do it? wouldn't you do it? wouldn't you do it? It's nice to meet you, it's nice to meet you.

Teacher: Today's tip is to pay careful attention to how words are blended together and how the resulting sound is often very different from the original sounds.

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