Linking Sounds Listening Quiz: What Did You Hear?
How well can you hear the words inside linked English? Listen to each phrase, then choose or type what you heard. Use the slow version if you need it – then try again at normal speed.
🇬🇧 British English (RP / General British). Press ▶ to hear any example.1 Part A: Choose What You Heard
Press ▶ Listen, then click the sentence you heard.
You heard Pick‿it‿up – pi-ki-tup.
ate‿an‿apple – ay-ta-napple.
ate‿at‿eight sounds like one word: ay-ta-tate.
Is‿it‿an‿orange – four words, one stream.
Turn‿it‿off – tur-ni-toff.
Linking R: far‿away – fa-ra-way.
/w/ linking: go‿away – go-wa-way.
need‿an‿hour – the h is silent, so an links: a-nour.
Score: 0 / 8
2 Part B: Type What You Heard
Press ▶ Listen, then type the words. Capital letters and punctuation don’t matter.
Answer: first‿of‿all.
Answer: not‿at‿all.
Answer: take‿it‿easy.
Answer: here‿and there (linking R).
Answer: do‿it‿again (/w/ + C-V).
Answer: see you‿in‿an‿hour.
Score: 0 / 6
3 If You Found It Hard
1Go back one step
Return to the part that caused the most trouble and repeat its “Say it” exercise. Saying links helps you hear them.
2Listen for the stressed words
In fast speech, listen first for the strong, stressed words – they carry the meaning. The small linked words fill in around them.
Keep It Flowing
Hearing links is the first step. Now practise producing them in real conversations with the shadowing dialogues.
Learn. Train. Use. Automate. Flow.
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