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