Accent Reading: Consonant Sound /V/

The /V/ sound

V To properly make the V sound in English you
should raise your lower lip and lightly place it against
the bottom of your top teeth and initiate the sound
with your vocal chords from your throat (like saying the
vowel E). V is a voiced sound, it actually uses the same
mouth position as F but an F sound is un-voiced.
To begin, listen to how these words are pronounced. Be sure
to listen to the way the V sound in the first column is
pronounced as compared to the W sound in the second
column.

Listening Exercise
1. vet
2. vine
3. vent
4. van
5. vile

wet
wine
went
wan
while

Now its your turn, practice saying the words on the right
and then compare the difference in sounds.

Beginning V Sounds:
1. volume
2. valet
3. venom
4. veterinarian
5. variable
6. vulnerable
7. vertebrae
8. version
9. verbal
10. vacation
11. vacuum
12. voting
13. vacated
14. villain
15. vocation
16.

Practice this some more with the words in the columns on the right. The first column are a set of words
that use the V sound at the beginning of the word (initial).
The second column represents words that use the V sound in the middle of the word (medial).
The third column represents words that use the V sound as the end of the word (final).
Use a mirror to observe your mouth and make sure that your top teeth are gently touching your bottom
lip. Its not a big movement so dont put your teeth over the front of your bottom lip.

(Continue to the next page for the final v sounds and some paragraph readings).

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Medial V Sounds:
1. wavering
2. gravel
3. carving
4. nervous
5. coverage
6. starving
7. covet
8. movement
9. reverse
10. server
11. craving
12. oval
13. motivation
14. invitation
15. governor

Final V Sounds:
1. move
2. receive
3. believe
4. give
5. thrive
6. indecisive
7. perceive
8. cursive
9. shave
10. save
11. festive
12. creative
13. shove
14. narrative
15. prove

Listen to and re-read these sentences

Initial V Sound

1. Who will you vote for in the next election?

2. The volume on the TV is turned up too loud.
3. In history we learned about the Vikings explorations.
4. One of the three forms of water is vapor.
5. I put the roses my husband gave me in a vase.
6. The vice-president of our class is my best friend.
7. The viper at the zoo was twenty feet long.
8. My friend will vouch for me that I am telling the truth.
9. Valentines Day is a popular holiday in America in February.
10. The deadly venom from the snakebite paralyzed the rat.
11. Vowels are hard to pronounce, they vary a lot.
12. Venture English is a very good institute for spoken English.

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Medial V Sound
1. Do me a favor and stop singing.
2. She was wavering between decisions.
3. Burping is one of my little brothers favorite past-times.
4. The shelf needs to be level with the picture.
5. In Alaska they have to shovel snow every day.
6. My sandals are full of gravel.
7. I just got over a case of the flu.
8. My fever made me have strange dreams.
9. Do you think that the government is corrupt?
10. Speaking in front of people makes me so nervous.
11. We are leaving on the night train to Timbuktu.
12. The flavor of Flavours coffee is the best in town.
Final V Sound:
1. The queen bee lives longer than any other bees in the hive.
2. Dont move a muscle!
3. Will you have an arranged or a love marriage?
4. We explored inside the cave and found some bats.
5. Dont dive in the pool; its too shallow.
6. Can you groove to the music?
7. Jewelry here is all the rave.
8. I hope to receive a new sari for my birthday.
9. Rickshaw drivers will try to deceive you.
10. If an auto driver says his meter is broken, dont believe him.
11. We dont have any class times in the afternoon.
12. How often do you shave your beard?

Listen to and then Re-Read this paragraph:

Mixed V Sounds
I love to go to the movies. Last weekend, we saw a very invigorating movie. It was about Venice, Italy.
The scenes in the movie were very vibrant. A family of five went on a vacation to Venice. They ate
Italian food, saw many sights, and had a very festive time. They liked the city so much that they
moved there.

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