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