Can you say these English sounds? Practise saying words like ‘west’ and 'vest' which contain the consonant sounds /w/ and /v/.
Practise saying words with these sounds:
/w/ /v/
west vest
Listen to the audio and repeat:
Tasks
▶Task 1 - learn new words
▶Task 2 - which word can you hear?
▶Task 3 - speaking practice
Practise saying these sentences:
- That whale is huge!
- The vine is very long and has a lot of grapes.
- The sun sets in the west.
You can use your mobile phone to record yourself speaking. If you think you could improve, you can record yourself again.
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Say this sentence which contains lots of words with /w/ and /v/ sounds.
- ‘One wet whale visited the vet in Wales!'
This is a tongue twister – a sentence that is difficult to say when you say it quickly!
Write a tongue twister using the /w/ and /v/ sounds. We'd love to read them!
