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IELTS
Basic Speaking
阿卡索初级雅思口语
Chapter 2 Leisure
Lesson 10 Pronunciation:
Linking Sounds

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I. Warm-up (5 minutes) II. Linking Sounds (12 minutes)

III. Speaking Practice (6 minutes) IV. Review (2 minutes)

Content 2

In this lesson, you’ll learn:

• How to read phrases and sentences with linking sounds.
• How to make your speaking more natural and fluent.

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: No class time allocated here.

 I. Warm-up
3 minutes

Find as many ‘food’ words as you can in the two lines below.
One of the ‘food’ words has been circled for you.
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soupdonutsweetsnackdrinkchocolatebigmaccarrotchip
nuggetmilk

Question: How many words have you found?

Have you noticed: what ending sounds do they have?
(The answers are on the next page.)

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: Ask S to find the ‘food’ word. Then, ask S the questions.
 I. Warm-up
2 minutes

The ‘food’ words can be categorized into three types by their endings:

/p/ ending /t/ ending /k/ ending

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soup donut snack
chip sweet drink
chocolate bigmac 巨无霸
carrot milk
nugget

Read the words and pay special attention to the ending sounds.

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: Ask S to read the ‘food’ word. Pay attention to the ending sounds.
 II. Linking Sounds 5 minutes

In English, the last letter of one word often joins onto the next word.
This is called linking sound. Let’s look at an example.

Chocolate milk is very tasty.

You can read it as: Chocolate mil kis very tasty.
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This is because the final ‘k’ sound of milk joins with the vowel ‘i’ in is. This
is a common feature of spoken English. If one word ends in a consonant (辅
音) and the next word begins with a vowel (元音), the consonant (辅音)
links onto the vowel (元音) of the next word.

Other examples: A soft drink is unhealthy.

I eat a carrot every day.
People often eat dumplings for breakfast in China.

TI: Explain linking sound to S. And then, ask S to read the examples
© 2018 Acadsoc Limited to check if he/she understand linking sound.
 II. Linking Sounds 4 minutes

Listen to the following sentences and discuss with your tutor:

What are the linking sounds in these sentences?

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a. Soft drinks are not very healthy. Hint!
b. Pizza Hut is a fast food restaurant. Find the words that end
c. It’s important to eat healthy food. with a consonant (辅音)
d. He likes to eat a hotdog for lunch. and the words that start
with a vowel (元音).
(The answers are on the next page.)

Repeat the sentences with your tutor and make sure that you
pronounce all the linking sounds correctly.

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: Ask S to listen to the recording. And then, ask S to read the sentences with linking sounds.
 II. Linking Sounds 3 minutes

drin ksare
a. Soft drinks are not very healthy.
b. Pizza Hut is a fast food restaurant. Hu ti sa
c. It’s important to eat healthy food. It’ simportant
d. He likes to eat a hotdog for lunch.
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ea ta

Watch out! You don’t need to make every possible

The speaker in the linking sound in a sentence. Linking
recording doesn’t make sounds are not a must in English
every possible linking Speaking, but it can help to make your
sound! Why is that? speaking more natural and fluent.

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: Check the answer with S. And then, explain the Watch out to S.
 III. Speaking Practice 4 minutes

Practice 1: Read the following phrases with linking sounds.

an apple in April at Easter

for ever more and more your other pen

Practice 2: Read the following sentences with linking sounds.

• Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in

the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.
• Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give
independence to the south of Ireland.

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: Ask S to do the two practices. The answers are on the next page.
 III. Speaking Practice
2 minutes

Answer 1:

an apple in April at Easter

for ever more and more your other pen

Answer 2:

• Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in

the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.
• Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give
independence to the south of Ireland.

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: Check the answer. Ask S to read again with linking sounds. Explain if needed.
 IV. Review 2 minutes

You have learnt in this lesson:

Vocabulary: • How to read phrases and 10

sentences with linking sounds.

• How to make your speaking
linking sounds
more natural and fluent.
consonant
vowel
natural and fluent

© 2018 Acadsoc Limited TI: Do a review of today’s lesson briefly.

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next class!

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