Lessons Unit 5, lesson 3

Linking: go on, turn it off

Native speech doesn't pause between words — a word ending in a consonant hands it to the next word's vowel. The ‿ mark on your sheets shows every join: go‿on sounds like go-won, turn‿it‿off like tur-ni-toff.

Hear it in real sentences

Press play, listen to the whole sentence, then read it from the sheet yourself — match the rhythm, not just the sounds.

ˈɡ G o ɑː o n n . ↘︎ w-glide
Go on.
ˈt T ɝ ur n n ɪ i t t ˈɔː o f ff . ↘︎ linked ɾ flap
Turn it off.
ə A n n ˈæ a p pp əl l e ə a ˈd d ay . ↘︎ linked linked
An apple a day.
n N ɑː o t t ə a t t ɔː a l ll . ↘︎ ɾ flap ɾ flap
Not at all.

Read the marks, not the spaces. When words start flowing into each other, you've crossed from reading words to speaking sentences.

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