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 practice linking pattern #1:
consonant sound + vowel sound.
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And now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
What do you hear?
present tense or past tense
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