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V and W Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 2: v and w sounds · Set 574 · 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 “week”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  2. 2.Which word starts with the same sound as “vote”? (a) well (b) violin (c) west
  3. 3.Which word starts with the same sound as “west”? (a) valley (b) vote (c) water
  4. 4.How do you make the first sound of “village”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  5. 5.Which word starts with the same sound as “water”? (a) vest (b) week (c) village
  6. 6.How do you make the first sound of “volume”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  7. 7.Which word starts with the same sound as “wall”? (a) van (b) week (c) visit
  8. 8.Which word fits? “Sing the first ___ of the song.” (a) verse (b) worse
  9. 9.Which word fits? “We ___ to school by bus.” (a) vent (b) went
  10. 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “wind”? (a) van (b) vegetable (c) well
  11. 11.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “video”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  12. 12.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “walk”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  13. 13.Which word fits? “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) vest (b) west
  14. 14.Which word starts with the same sound as “vowel”? (a) worm (b) wood (c) van
  15. 15.Which word fits? “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) viper (b) wiper
  16. 16.Which word fits? “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) vest (b) west
  17. 17.Which word starts with the same sound as “visit”? (a) valley (b) window (c) walk
  18. 18.Which word starts with the same sound as “vegetable”? (a) worm (b) wood (c) vowel
  19. 19.How do you make the first sound of “world”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  20. 20.Which word fits? “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) vent (b) went
  21. 21.Which word starts with the same sound as “vest”? (a) water (b) vote (c) wet
  22. 22.Which word starts with the same sound as “vest”? (a) water (b) wet (c) village
  23. 23.Which word starts with the same sound as “van”? (a) voice (b) wish (c) wet
  24. 24.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “vegetable”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  25. 25.Which word starts with the same sound as “window”? (a) van (b) vase (c) wet
  26. 26.Which word fits? “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) viper (b) wiper
  27. 27.Which word starts with the same sound as “vase”? (a) vegetable (b) wind (c) wood
  28. 28.Which word fits? “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) worse (b) verse
  29. 29.Which word fits? “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) vet (b) wet
  30. 30.Which word starts with the same sound as “very”? (a) week (b) word (c) vase
  31. 31.How do you make the first sound of “vowel”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  32. 32.Which word starts with the same sound as “vest”? (a) wait (b) vegetable (c) wood
  33. 33.Which word starts with the same sound as “window”? (a) vote (b) violin (c) west
  34. 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “video”? (a) violin (b) water (c) wall
  35. 35.Which word starts with the same sound as “violin”? (a) word (b) walk (c) volume
  36. 36.How do you make the first sound of “vase”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  37. 37.Which word starts with the same sound as “video”? (a) wind (b) vest (c) walk
  38. 38.Which word starts with the same sound as “wish”? (a) van (b) village (c) west
  39. 39.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “visit”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  40. 40.Which word starts with the same sound as “week”? (a) village (b) vest (c) wood

Answer key

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

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