In rhotic English accents - those of American, Canadian, Irish and Scottish English as well as some accents in the southwest of England - /r/ is pronounced before and after vowels. In accents like RP, however, /r/ is not pronounced after vowels, including in word-final position. There are exceptions to this rule: when <r> appears in spelling and there is no pause but another word beginning with a vowel, the /r/ is retained (perhaps square brackets as in [r] are more suitable here).
Intrusive /r/ is a special case: when a word ends with a vowel and there is no <r> in spelling but the next word also begins with a vowel, intrusive sounds appear: /w/ after /u:/, /j/ after /i/ or /i:/ and /r/ after remaining word-final vowels. Similar rules apply to diphthongs.
Ex. 1 Which of the following phrases are pronounced using linking /r/?
there are some, the bar's closed, more of them, their house, the car is, dear guests, far enough, the bitter end, the computer's broken, the floor is, four per cent, the star and the moon, the mayor of the city, hares and badgers, the fear of heights, dark clouds
Ex. 2. Which of the following phrases are pronounced using intrusive /r/? Write down where it is pronounced.
you and me, the sofa or the couch, Sue is there, vodka and gin, we are tired, the idea of it, to have a bee in the bonnet, India and Cuba and China and Britain, this shoe is too small, Barbara or Sofia or Jane, this cappucino is cold, this pasta is great
KEY
1. there are some, more of them, the car is, far enough, the bitter end, the floor is, the star and the moon, the mayor of the city, the fear of heights
2. sofa/r/ or, vodka/r/ and gin, the idea/r/ of it, India/r/ and Cuba/r/ and China/r/ and Britain, Barbara/r/ or Sofia/r/ or Jane, this pasta/r/ is great
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