This has been a difficulty among most non-English speaking countries - speaking word by word.Even with the stress and vowel sounds correct in a sentence, we will sound wrong if we don't use connected speech.
Some. people. speak. like. this.
But we shouldn't.
English words don't fit together very well. If you try to pronounce each word individually, it would sound awkward -- robotic.
For example.
I. am. working. at. the. bank. at. this. moment.
If we apply connected speech, it would sound like this:
Aym workingatha bankat this moment
The words 'working' and 'at' could be connected since 'at' starts with a vowel sound, while the words 'this' and 'moment' shouldn't be connected since the second word starts with a consonant.
More examples:
buy it.
We don't say - Bay. it.
Instead, we should say - Bayit
you and.
We don't say - yoo. uhnd.
Instead, we should say - you wnd
get up
We don't say - get. ap
Instead, we should say - ge tap
Here are some typical example of things we do to make some words easier to pronounce:
1. Delete 't' or 'd' at the end of a syllable when it meets another consonant sound.
Examples:
great time - grey taym
closed bag - clo sbag
2. Delete duplicate sounds that meet.
Examples:
Black clock - bla klok
big game - bi geym
pack case - pa keys
rode down - row dawn
3. Delete 'h' at the beginning of a syllable when the previous sound is a consonant sound.
Examples:
Is he? - I zee?
put him - pu tim
deep hole - dee powl
push hard - pu shard
