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