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