Linking Vowel to Vowel

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Linking Vowel to Vowel

If one word ends with a vowel and the next word begins with a vowel, do not pause between the words. For a smoother transition between the sounds and to ensure a complete pronunciation of both of the vowels, we insert a short /w/ sound after a front vowel (such as /eɪ/, /i/, and /ai/) and a short /y/ sound after a back vowel (such as /ʊ/ and /oʊ/) .

	Sounds like:
Insert a very quick /w/ sound	go out: “go – wout” How are you?: “how ware you”
Insert a very quick /y/ sound	I am: “I yam” they are: “they yare”

Practice Sentences

I _ ^yate out.
Go _ ^won.
They _ ^yagree.
I know _ ^wit.
May _ ^yI come in?
So _ ^wawesome!
I’ll buy _ ^yit.
He _ ^yate _ out.

Practice Dialogues

a. Why _ ^yare you so _ ^wupset?
b. I _ ^yam not!
a. Who _ ^wis he?
b. He _ ^yis the _ ^yannouncer.
a. How _ ^wis the weather?
b. Go _ ^woutside and find _ out.
Do _ ^wI need to do _ ^wit?
No, I _ ^yalready did _ it.

Do I Say the or thee?

When the article the is followed by a vowel sound, it is pronounced with /i/ and sounds like “thee.” When it is followed by a consonant, the final sound is /ɘ/, like the u in fun.

/i/ the earth	/ɘ/ the world
/i/ the apple	/ɘ/ the banana

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