To speak English fluently, it’s necessary to link words together. Linking or liaison means to connect the last consonant sound in one word to the first sound of the next word. There are two situations in which we regularly use linking. Firstly, when a word begins with a vowel sound, it’s often pronounced as if it began with the final consonant sound of the previous word, e.g.:
| Word | Pronunciation | How To Pronounce |
| Don’t ask | Don’ task | Listen to the Don't Ask audio clip |
| Lot of | Lo’ tof | Listen to the Lot Of audio clip |
| Come in | Comin | Listen to the Come In audio clip |
| We’ve eaten | We’veaten | Listen to the We've Eaten audio clip |
| It’s open | It sopen | Listen to the It's Open audio clip |
| Let’s eat | Let seat | Listen to the Let's Eat audio clip |
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