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