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V and W Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 2: v and w sounds · Set 249 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “vote”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  2. 2.Which word fits? “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) verse (b) worse
  3. 3.How do you make the first sound of “vest”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  4. 4.Which word starts with the same sound as “vegetable”? (a) valley (b) wind (c) walk
  5. 5.Which word starts with the same sound as “valley”? (a) wet (b) volume (c) wall
  6. 6.Which word starts with the same sound as “valley”? (a) vest (b) wish (c) wet
  7. 7.Which word starts with the same sound as “vote”? (a) world (b) volume (c) west
  8. 8.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “water”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  9. 9.Which word starts with the same sound as “visit”? (a) week (b) wait (c) valley
  10. 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “water”? (a) week (b) video (c) visit
  11. 11.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “vest”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  12. 12.Which word fits? “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) wiper (b) viper
  13. 13.Which word fits? “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
  14. 14.Which word fits? “Sing the first ___ of the song.” (a) worse (b) verse
  15. 15.How do you make the first sound of “wet”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  16. 16.Which word fits? “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) vet (b) wet
  17. 17.Which word fits? “My shoes are ___ from the rain.” (a) vet (b) wet
  18. 18.How do you make the first sound of “wait”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  19. 19.Which word starts with the same sound as “week”? (a) vowel (b) walk (c) vase
  20. 20.Which word starts with the same sound as “voice”? (a) worm (b) van (c) week
  21. 21.Which word fits? “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) went (b) vent
  22. 22.How do you make the first sound of “very”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  23. 23.Which word starts with the same sound as “week”? (a) visit (b) water (c) vest
  24. 24.Which word starts with the same sound as “wait”? (a) violin (b) vowel (c) wet
  25. 25.Which word starts with the same sound as “violin”? (a) wind (b) wait (c) valley
  26. 26.Which word starts with the same sound as “well”? (a) valley (b) van (c) world
  27. 27.Which word starts with the same sound as “vest”? (a) word (b) walk (c) village
  28. 28.Which word starts with the same sound as “wish”? (a) vegetable (b) village (c) west
  29. 29.Which word fits? “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) west (b) vest
  30. 30.Which word starts with the same sound as “wall”? (a) voice (b) wood (c) vowel
  31. 31.How do you make the first sound of “world”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  32. 32.How do you make the first sound of “water”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  33. 33.Which word starts with the same sound as “wait”? (a) vest (b) valley (c) west
  34. 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “window”? (a) volume (b) violin (c) water
  35. 35.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “wall”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  36. 36.How do you make the first sound of “wall”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  37. 37.Which word starts with the same sound as “walk”? (a) week (b) violin (c) vowel
  38. 38.Which word fits? “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) viper (b) wiper
  39. 39.Which word starts with the same sound as “vowel”? (a) vote (b) week (c) wet
  40. 40.Which word starts with the same sound as “week”? (a) world (b) van (c) village

Answer key

  1. Top teeth on lower lip
  2. worse
  3. Top teeth on lower lip
  4. valley
  5. volume
  6. vest
  7. volume
  8. Round your lips
  9. valley
  10. week
  11. Top teeth on lower lip
  12. wiper
  13. went
  14. verse
  15. Round your lips
  16. vet
  17. wet
  18. Round your lips
  19. walk
  20. van
  21. vent
  22. Top teeth on lower lip
  23. water
  24. wet
  25. valley
  26. world
  27. village
  28. west
  29. west
  30. wood
  31. Round your lips
  32. Round your lips
  33. west
  34. water
  35. Round your lips
  36. Round your lips
  37. week
  38. viper
  39. vote
  40. world

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