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V and W Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 2: v and w sounds · Set 637 · 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.Which word starts with the same sound as “wait”? (a) vegetable (b) vest (c) walk
  2. 2.Which word starts with the same sound as “violin”? (a) wait (b) very (c) wood
  3. 3.How do you make the first sound of “water”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  4. 4.Which word starts with the same sound as “word”? (a) voice (b) world (c) vest
  5. 5.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “wet”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  6. 6.Which word starts with the same sound as “van”? (a) vase (b) wood (c) well
  7. 7.Which word starts with the same sound as “wet”? (a) violin (b) world (c) vowel
  8. 8.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “week”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  9. 9.Which word fits? “Take your sick cat to the ___.” (a) vet (b) wet
  10. 10.Which word fits? “A ___ is a kind of snake.” (a) wiper (b) viper
  11. 11.Which word fits? “The car’s ___ cleans the glass.” (a) viper (b) wiper
  12. 12.Which word starts with the same sound as “wet”? (a) vote (b) valley (c) wall
  13. 13.Which word starts with the same sound as “wall”? (a) vegetable (b) violin (c) wish
  14. 14.Which word starts with the same sound as “vote”? (a) well (b) water (c) very
  15. 15.Which word starts with the same sound as “worm”? (a) vest (b) vase (c) week
  16. 16.Which word fits? “My shoes are ___ from the rain.” (a) vet (b) wet
  17. 17.Which word fits? “The sun sets in the ___.” (a) vest (b) west
  18. 18.Which word starts with the same sound as “window”? (a) van (b) violin (c) week
  19. 19.Which word starts with the same sound as “vote”? (a) wind (b) wish (c) van
  20. 20.Which word starts with the same sound as “very”? (a) week (b) video (c) world
  21. 21.Which word starts with the same sound as “valley”? (a) worm (b) week (c) vest
  22. 22.How do you make the first sound of “volume”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  23. 23.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “video”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  24. 24.Which word starts with the same sound as “vowel”? (a) well (b) worm (c) van
  25. 25.How do you make the first sound of “valley”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  26. 26.Listen: how do you make the first sound of “visit”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  27. 27.Which word starts with the same sound as “worm”? (a) van (b) vote (c) water
  28. 28.Which word starts with the same sound as “wait”? (a) violin (b) vowel (c) week
  29. 29.Which word starts with the same sound as “wood”? (a) vowel (b) wish (c) voice
  30. 30.Which word fits? “My cold is ___ today than yesterday.” (a) worse (b) verse
  31. 31.Which word fits? “Smoke came out of the ___.” (a) vent (b) went
  32. 32.Which word starts with the same sound as “vegetable”? (a) village (b) world (c) window
  33. 33.Which word starts with the same sound as “west”? (a) vase (b) valley (c) wind
  34. 34.How do you make the first sound of “village”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  35. 35.Which word starts with the same sound as “violin”? (a) vest (b) west (c) wish
  36. 36.How do you make the first sound of “vegetable”? (a) Top teeth on lower lip (b) Round your lips
  37. 37.Which word fits? “I wear a warm ___ in winter.” (a) west (b) vest
  38. 38.How do you make the first sound of “violin”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip
  39. 39.Which word starts with the same sound as “visit”? (a) window (b) water (c) vase
  40. 40.How do you make the first sound of “wet”? (a) Round your lips (b) Top teeth on lower lip

Answer key

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

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