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