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Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop. Here, I'm gonna show you how English is
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really spoken. Come on, let's go inside.
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Today, I'm going to tell you about perhaps the most
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common feature of fluent English pronunciation. And to help me, I'm going to use one of these.
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Now, I know you know what it is, but let's ask the people of London to describe it.
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He's holding an egg. He's holding an egg.
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He's holding an egg. He's holding an egg.
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He's holding an egg.
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An egg - that's two words, right? But, when we pronounce them, there's no gap in between
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them. It almost sounds like one word. Listen again.
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He's holding an egg. He's holding an egg.
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He's holding an egg. He's holding an egg.
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He's holding an egg.
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In fluent English, when one word ends in a consonant sound and the next word begins in
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a vowel sound, we link the two sounds together without a pause in between them. So, an egg
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becomes anegg. This is called catenation. Here are some more examples.
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He's in the garden.
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I used to believe in Father Christmas, but not any more.
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I had to give up jogging. He had it in his office.
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Right, so you've heard the examples: you know the drill. Listen and repeat.
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He's in the garden.
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I used to believe in Father Christmas, but not any more.
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I had to give up jogging.
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He had it in his office.
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Well done! Now remember, if you want to learn more about pronunciation, then please visit
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our website, bbclearningenglish dot com. And that is about it from the Pronunciation Workshop
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for now. I'll see you soon. Bye! Now I think I'm going to have this egg, for my lunch.
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It is a hard-boiled egg, isn't it?
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Voice: Oh yes Tim, yes, yes, it's definitely a hard-boiled egg.
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Great, sounds good. Oh no no no no no! Ohhh, what a mess! Very funny.
