This document provides instruction on linking consonant sounds when speaking. It explains that when linking two stop consonants, like "p" and "t", the first consonant is held slightly to sound like one consonant. For continuous consonants like "s" and "z", the first is held briefly before quickly saying the second. It then provides examples of sentences to practice linking consonants correctly, such as "He's a real biguy" instead of "He's a real big guy". The document encourages questions and provides contact information for the presenters.

1. Lunch & Learn
linking consonants to
consonants

2. Listen! What do you notice?
We had a real good day!
Both things should be taken out of
here!

3. Listen again! What do you notice now?
We had a real gooday!
Boththings should be taken out of
here!

4. Rule 1
• When we link consonant
sounds, where the consonant
sound is a stop, hold the first
consonant sound for a
moment so that the two
consonant sounds become
one.

5. Stop
consonants
P, T, K, B, D, G

6. Rule 2
• When we link consonant sounds,
where the consonant sound is
continuous, hold the first
consonant sound for just a
moment; then quickly say the
second consonant sound.

7. Continuous consonant
sounds
s, z, f, v, m, n, l,
r , th

8. Ready for some
practice?
Repeat after each
sentence.

9. 1.
He’s a real big guy!

10. 1.
He’s a real biguy!

11. 2.
Wow! This city is
beautiful!

12. 2.
Wow! Thiscity is
beautiful!

13. 3.
I saw some monkies
at the zoo.

14. 3.
I saw somemonkies
at the zoo.

15. 4.
I don’t like this movie;
it’s silly.

16. 4.
I don’t like this
movie;it’ssilly.

17. 5.
That never happens in
real life

18. 5.
That never happens in
reallife

19. 6.
I think you can put both
things on the table.

20. 6.
I think you can put
boththings on the
table.

21. 7.
The children
bought ten of those.

22. 7.
The children
boughten of those.

23. 8.
You are in for a tough
fight.

24. 8.
You are in for a
toughfight.

25. 9.
She had a very
bad day.

26. 9.
She had a very
baday.

27. 10.
Did you see that black
cat?

28. 10.
Did you see that
blacat?

29. 11.
I think we need
more room.

30. 11.
I think we need
moreroom.

31. 13.
I saw them by the lamp
post.

32. 13.
I saw them by the
lampost.

33. 14.
I think we need a new
scrub brush.

34. 14.
I think we need a new
scrubrush.

35. Questions?
Iryna
@ yshuplyetsova@myenglishonline.ca
englishonlinemb10
Blaine
@ broberts@myenglishonline.ca
blaine_myenglishonline
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36. Thank you for attending!
See you next time!
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