V and W Pronunciation Worksheet
How to say it (Teeth for v, round lips for w): v: rest your top teeth on your lower lip and buzz — van, very, voice. w: round your lips like “oo”, then open them — water, wet, west. Check with a mirror: teeth showing on the lip = v; round lips = w.
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- 1.Which word starts with the same sound as “vote”? (a) window (b) vase (c) wait
- 2.Which word fits? “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) wiper (b) viper
- 3.Which word fits? “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) west (b) vest
- 4.Which word starts with the same sound as “west”? (a) village (b) word (c) voice
- 5.Which word starts with the same sound as “very”? (a) wind (b) world (c) valley
- 6.Which word starts with the same sound as “vote”? (a) window (b) walk (c) vest
- 7.Which word fits? “My shoes are ___ from the rain.” (a) wet (b) vet
- 8.Which word fits? “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
- 9.Which word starts with the same sound as “walk”? (a) very (b) vowel (c) water
- 10.How do you make the first sound of “very”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 11.Which word starts with the same sound as “water”? (a) van (b) wish (c) valley
- 12.How do you make the first sound of “water”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 13.Which word starts with the same sound as “water”? (a) world (b) violin (c) voice
- 14.Which word starts with the same sound as “video”? (a) wind (b) volume (c) wish
- 15.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “week”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 16.Which word fits? “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) vent (b) went
- 17.How do you make the first sound of “van”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 18.Which word starts with the same sound as “violin”? (a) walk (b) wind (c) van
- 19.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “visit”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 20.Which word fits? “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) vest (b) west
- 21.Which word starts with the same sound as “van”? (a) word (b) walk (c) vest
- 22.Which word fits? “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) verse (b) worse
- 23.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “village”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 24.Which word starts with the same sound as “wet”? (a) wait (b) village (c) volume
- 25.How do you make the first sound of “wish”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 26.Which word starts with the same sound as “week”? (a) van (b) wall (c) valley
- 27.Which word starts with the same sound as “video”? (a) word (b) vowel (c) wait
- 28.How do you make the first sound of “world”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 29.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “worm”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 30.Which word fits? “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) wet (b) vet
- 31.Which word starts with the same sound as “vase”? (a) wet (b) water (c) violin
- 32.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “wet”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 33.Which word starts with the same sound as “vest”? (a) west (b) vase (c) water
- 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “vegetable”? (a) west (b) vote (c) walk
- 35.How do you make the first sound of “vase”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 36.Which word starts with the same sound as “volume”? (a) wet (b) vowel (c) week
- 37.Which word starts with the same sound as “wood”? (a) van (b) vote (c) wind
- 38.Which word fits? “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
- 39.Which word starts with the same sound as “van”? (a) window (b) vase (c) wish
- 40.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “vowel”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
Answer key
- vase
- wiper
- vest
- word
- valley
- vest
- wet
- went
- water
- Top teeth on lower lip
- wish
- Round your lips
- world
- volume
- Round your lips
- vent
- Top teeth on lower lip
- van
- Top teeth on lower lip
- west
- vest
- worse
- Top teeth on lower lip
- wait
- Round your lips
- wall
- vowel
- Round your lips
- Round your lips
- vet
- violin
- Round your lips
- vase
- vote
- Top teeth on lower lip
- vowel
- wind
- viper
- vase
- Top teeth on lower lip
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