Linking
Practice
Consonant Sound + Vowel Sound
There's a Hole in my Bucket
In line one, click on the individual linking phrase.
Click on line two for sing-a-long.
Liza: Henry! Fetch me some water! (fetch = get)
Henry: There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
Liza: Well, fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Well, fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
Henry: With what shall I fix it,
dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
Liza: With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a straw.
Henry: The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza.
The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long.
Liza: Well, cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
Well, cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it.
Henry: With what shall I cut it,
dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what?
Liza: With a knife, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With a knife, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a knife.
Henry: The knife is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza.
The knife is too dull, dear Liza, too dull.
Liza: Well, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
Well, sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it.
Henry: With what shall I sharpen
it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, with what?
Liza: With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, with a stone.
Henry: The stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza.
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry.
Liza: Well, wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
Well, wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it.
Henry: With what shall I wet it dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what.shall I wet it, dear Liza, with what?
Liza: With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
With water, dear Henry, dear Henry, with water.
Henry: In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, in what?
Liza: In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry.
In a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, in a bucket.
Henry: There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole.