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