Practice Sentences for Connected Speech in English - Adding a 'y' and adding a 'w' Sound
How would you add a 'y' sound into the following sentences?
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1. "I am away on holiday all the time"
2. "I accept any advice that people give me"
3. "We will agree on the date for the opening of the exhibition"
4. "We are all extremely excited about the event"
5. "The majority of people drink coffee early in the morning"
How would you add a 'w' sound into the following sentences?
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6. "You are going to get through this difficult time"
7. "Wil will do a thorough analysis of the problem"
8. "We hope that the prices are not going to increase. They are already so expensive"
9. "I am going to go on to introduce the next topic"
10. "Although it is cold, we will still go outside"
All of the sentences below have at least 1 situation where it is possible to add a 'y' or 'w' sound. How would you say these sentences?
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11. "He admires people who are hard-working"
12. "We are offering free access to all services"
13. "The enterprise wants to expand to increase its revenue in Europe"
14. "The open report is due at the end of the month"
15. "We offer daily access to every feature of the exclusive VIP area"
Answers
1. "I yam away yon holiday yall the time"
2. "I yaccept any yadvice that people give me"
3. "We will agree yon the date for thee yopening of thee yexhibition"
4. "We yare all extremely yexcited about thee yevent"
5. "The majority yof people drink coffee yearly yin the morning"
6. "You ware going to get through this difficult time"
7. "Wil will do wa thorough wanalysis of the problem"
8. "We hope that the prices are not going to wincrease. They are already so wexpensive"
9. "I am going to go won to wintroduce the next topic"
10. "Although wit is cold, we will still go woutside"
11. "He yadmires people who ware hard-working"
12. "We yare offering free yaccess to wall services"
13. "The yenterprise wants to wexpand to wincrease its revenue win Europe"
14. "The yopen report is due wat thee yend of the month"
15. "We yoffer daily yaccess to wevery feature of thee yexclusive VIP yarea"
