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¡¡¡¡Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Today¡¯s tip is on sound linking.

¡¡¡¡Remember that although written English has spaces between every word, spoken English doesn¡¯t have pauses after every word. As a matter of fact, long strings of words are all linked together. And it is this linking, which often makes it difficult for learners of English to understand native speaker¡¯s talking. Today¡¯s tip is to notice how the ¡°h¡± sound is often dropped in personal pronouns such as ¡°he¡±, ¡°him¡±, ¡°his¡± and ¡°her¡±. And when it is dropped, what is left is a vowel sound, and the vowel sound is always linked to the preceding word.

¡¡¡¡Let¡¯s look at an example. Give her a book. Giv-er a book. Notice how the ¡°h¡± is dropped and how ¡°give her¡± become ¡°giv-er¡±. Look at another example. Tell him to ask her. Tell-im to ask-er. Did you notice that ¡°tell him¡± became ¡°tell-im¡± and ¡°ask her¡± became ¡°ask-er¡±? This happens very frequently in spoken English, especially when ¡°he¡± follows an auxiliary verb. For example, ¡°what will he do?¡± becomes ¡°What will-i do?¡± ¡°Where will he go?¡± becomes ¡°Where will-i go?¡± ¡°When will he come?¡± becomes ¡°When will-i come?¡± ¡°Who will he meet?¡± becomes ¡°Who will-i meet?¡± ¡°How will he know?¡± becomes ¡°How will-i know?¡± ¡°Has he gone?¡± becomes ¡°Has-i gone?¡± ¡°Had he done it before?¡± becomes ¡°Had-i done it before?¡± ¡°Must he go?¡± becomes ¡°Must-i go?¡± ¡°Can he do it?¡± becomes ¡°Can-i do it?¡± ¡°Should he leave?¡± becomes ¡°Should-I leave?¡± it¡¯s important to accustom yourself to the dropped ¡°h¡± sound in sound linking. This has been today¡¯s daily tip. Tune in tomorrow for another tip on learning English.