Linking
Sound-Spelling Pattern
Consonant Sound + Vowel Sound
All sound units in English begin with a consonant sound.
The consonant sound at the end of the first word links
with the vowel sound at the beginning of the next word
Example
Is it? = /I - zIt/
It is. = /I - dIz/
| skip it keep it break it fix it laugh it off hand it over turn it off |
caught him send her will he |
six others tell us come on over some of it |
to take óver to get úp to lift óff to print óut |