Lesson 7 : The consonants /f/ /v/ and /w/: FEW VIEW WINE
A) The consonant /f/
The top teeth are close to the bottom lip. There’s no voice from the throat and you can feel
air on your hand when you say it.
Examples: leaf, free, coffee, fly, knife
Frank found four frogs laughing on the floor.vote, twelve, river, wave
B) The consonant sound /v/
With the sound /v/ there’s voice from the throat.
Examples: very, vote, twelve, river, wave
Valene drove to the valley in a van.
C) The consonant sound /w/
For this sound , move the lips forward and relax them.
Examples: way , wet, want, west, win
Wanda went away twice a week.
Exercise 1: How many /f/ /v/ and /w/ are in the following numbers?
Example: 55 = fifty five 3 /f/ and 1/v/
1) 512
2) 11.75
3) 7,420
Exercise 2: Find 12 words across or down that begin with /f/ or /v/
D
R
I
V
E
O
C
O
U
G
H
F
L A
W S
I L
F I
E V
F E
U
A
F
H
G
S
G
V
I
A
O
A
HI
E F
VE
VE
LF
FE
Exercise 3: Which word do you hear?
a) fight
white
b) few
view
c) vet
wet
d) fell
well
e) ferry
very
f) vent
went