Try singing this...

Whenyourlegs don'twork liketheyusedto before;

AndIcan't  sweepyouoff   ofyourfeet; 

Willyourmouth  stillremember  thetasteofmylove; 

Willyoureyes stillsmile from your cheeks

These are lyrics from Ed Sheeran´s song "Thinking out loud". Why did I join the words together? Well, it is because when we speak in English, we don´t leave spaces between our words. 

It is not a rule, but a guideline. Sentences are, on average, 12 words long. So in most sentences we will have 3 groups of 3/4 words. Like this sentence for example (with 10 words): 

Whenyourlegs   don'twork   liketheyusedto   before. 

We need to be careful that we don´t just say the words faster. This exercise is not about speaking faster, but improving fluency. That´s why it is good to practice with songs or listening clips and hearing what words go together. 

Try this exercise at home. Copy and paste the rest of the song (at the bottom of this article) into MS word, and join up the words that you think do not have a space between them. 

Join up the words that Ed sings together, and join me in a lesson soon to check to see if you are right. If you can't do that, then email me back your answer and I will tell you if you are right, or you need to check again. 

In my next blog post, I will show you some shortcuts and tips about what words are joined together, and what words are not. Stay tuned and have a great day. Bye :)    Michael. 

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When your legs don't work like they used to before
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks

Darlin' I will be lovin' you
Till we're seventy
Baby my heart could still fall as hard
At twenty three

I'm thinkin' bout how
People fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Me, I fall in love with you every single day
I just wanna tell you I am

So honey now
Take me into your lovin' arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are

When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades
And the crowds don't remember my name
When my hands don't play the strings the same way (mm)
I know you will still love me the same

Cause honey your soul
Could never grow old
It's evergreen
Baby your smile's forever in my mind and memory

I'm thinkin' bout how
People fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe it's all part of a plan
I'll just keep on making the same mistakes
Hoping that you'll understand

That baby now (ooh)
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are

Baby now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars (oh darlin')
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud

Maybe we found love right where we are
Maybe we found love right where we are
And we found love right where we are