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.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “very”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 2.Which word starts with the same sound as “world”? (a) wait (b) vowel (c) visit
- 3.How do you make the first sound of “wood”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 4.Which word starts with the same sound as “wait”? (a) wish (b) vote (c) violin
- 5.Which word starts with the same sound as “wish”? (a) vase (b) wet (c) valley
- 6.Which word starts with the same sound as “valley”? (a) wish (b) world (c) violin
- 7.How do you make the first sound of “village”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 8.Which word starts with the same sound as “water”? (a) village (b) window (c) visit
- 9.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “week”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “west”? (a) video (b) visit (c) wet
- 11.Which word fits? “Sing the first ___ of the song.” (a) verse (b) worse
- 12.Which word starts with the same sound as “visit”? (a) wind (b) window (c) vest
- 13.Which word fits? “My shoes are ___ from the rain.” (a) wet (b) vet
- 14.Which word fits? “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) vent (b) went
- 15.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “wood”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 16.Which word fits? “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) viper (b) wiper
- 17.Which word starts with the same sound as “violin”? (a) world (b) wind (c) volume
- 18.Which word starts with the same sound as “vest”? (a) vote (b) word (c) world
- 19.Which word starts with the same sound as “video”? (a) water (b) worm (c) vote
- 20.Which word fits? “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
- 21.Which word starts with the same sound as “van”? (a) wet (b) wish (c) volume
- 22.Which word starts with the same sound as “worm”? (a) water (b) vowel (c) vote
- 23.Which word starts with the same sound as “wall”? (a) vote (b) walk (c) vegetable
- 24.Which word starts with the same sound as “well”? (a) vote (b) van (c) world
- 25.Which word fits? “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) vest (b) west
- 26.Which word starts with the same sound as “water”? (a) week (b) violin (c) vowel
- 27.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “vegetable”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 28.Which word starts with the same sound as “wind”? (a) very (b) village (c) water
- 29.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “west”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 30.Which word starts with the same sound as “wet”? (a) window (b) valley (c) village
- 31.How do you make the first sound of “west”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
- 32.Which word starts with the same sound as “wait”? (a) vegetable (b) wood (c) village
- 33.Which word fits? “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
- 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “west”? (a) violin (b) valley (c) well
- 35.Which word starts with the same sound as “vest”? (a) word (b) village (c) worm
- 36.Which word starts with the same sound as “village”? (a) wet (b) water (c) volume
- 37.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “vowel”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 38.How do you make the first sound of “valley”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
- 39.Which word fits? “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) vet (b) wet
- 40.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “van”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
Answer key
- Top teeth on lower lip
- wait
- Round your lips
- wish
- wet
- violin
- Top teeth on lower lip
- window
- Round your lips
- wet
- verse
- vest
- wet
- vent
- Round your lips
- wiper
- volume
- vote
- vote
- viper
- volume
- water
- walk
- world
- west
- week
- Top teeth on lower lip
- water
- Round your lips
- window
- Round your lips
- wood
- went
- well
- village
- volume
- Top teeth on lower lip
- Top teeth on lower lip
- vet
- Top teeth on lower lip
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