Linking

This page helps you learn about connected speech in American English.

Practice connecting your sounds together (linking).

This page helps you learn how consonants link to vowels in the American English accent.

Practice linking consonants to vowels.

This page provides additional practice for connecting consonants to vowels. This practice page covers how to connect a word ending in two consonants to a word beginning in a vowel.

Take a quiz on your ability to link consonants and vowels together. Listen to the audio to check your answers.

This page helps you learn about vowel-to-vowel linking in American English pronunciation.

This page will teach you how to link words that end in a vowel sound to words that begin with a vowel sound.

Practice more vowel-to-vowel linking.

Take a quiz on your ability to link vowels together. Listen to the audio to check your answers.

This page helps you learn about consonant-to-consonant linking and tongue position change in American English.

This page will help you practice connecting consonants to consonants. This practice page focuses on connecting words that end and begin with the same consonant.

Practice more consonant-to-consonant linking.

[PLUS/PRO] Take a quiz on your ability to link consonants together. Listen to the audio to check your answers.

Practice blending consonants to words beginning with the letter “y.”

[PLUS/PRO] Take a quiz on your ability to link consonants to “y” sounds. Listen to the audio to check your answers.