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