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Activity: Matching exercise.

In the following sentences the words in quotation marks represent how certain words or phrases may "sound" in fast speech. Match how they should really be written. Index => In the following sentences the words in quotation marks represent how certain words or phrases may "sound" in fast speech. Match how they should really be written. Matching exercise Match the items on the right to the items on the left.  Check   OK 

Activity: Choose the correct option.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTIONlet's practice a little theory Index => CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION let's practice a little theory Quiz Show all questions <=   => Native english's speakers use mechanical speech or natural speech?   ?     mechanical   ?     natural   ?     none of those options In the word "handbag" there is a case of connected speech? Which one?   ?     yes! in assimilation   ?     yes!! in elision   ?     you can use both aspects   ?     no, there's not a case of connected speech What is the way of speech that flows with a rythm and that we can perceive syllables as bumping into each others?   ?     Natural Speech   ?     Mechanical Speech assimilation is a case of connected speech that happens when a phoneme in one word....   ?     causes changes in a sound in a neighbouring word.   ?     is dissapeared   ?     is linked to the next

ASSIMILATION

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Aspect of connected speech: LINKING

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Aspects of Connected Speech: SOUNDS TWINNING

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Let's practice

now, click here and show what you know about aspects of Connected Speech Index => now, click here and show what you know about aspects of Connected Speech Gap-fill exercise Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues! "English people speak so [?] " is a [?] that is often heard from the english language students, and often from those at an advanced level, where ignorance of the vocabulary used is not the reason for their [?] of [?] . When students see a spoken sentencein its written form they have no trouble comprehending. Why is this? The reason it seems is that [?] is a continuous [?] of [?] , without clear-cut borderlines between each