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

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▶Task 2 - which word can you hear?

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▶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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Comments

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!