SOUND Focus:

Assimilation in Connected Speech

Assimilation is a process where sounds in separate words change when they are put together in speech. One way this happens is by the first sound changing to be more similar to the second.
  /t/ becomes /p/
  /d/ becomes /b/          when followed by /m/ /b/ or /p/
  /n/ becomes /m/

The phrase 'white bag' becomes 'wipe bag' when it is said.

The expression Great Britain becomes Greapbritn.

The phrase blood pressure becomes bloob pressure

The phrase brown bag becomes browm bag.

The phrase en pesos becomes em pesos.

Complete the sentennces with one word and practise them orally:

begin  felt  need  third  might  clean  rained  want  thin

1. We ……….meet him again.

2. Please, …..……my shoes for me.

3. I …………bad after the party.

4. It ………..… before we got back.

5. I ……..….Peter to come.

6. We …………..more milk.

7. This ………….blanket isn’t warm enough.

8. The ………….problem’s difficult.

9. I’ll…………..painting the house tomorrow.