As we said in our last post, the pronunciation of the letter “v” is closely linked to the pronunciation of the letter “f”.
Let’s look again at what our mouth should look like when we pronounce the letter “f”; and then at what the mouth should look like when we pronounce the letter “v”:
We see that the mouth positioning is the same; but instead of using ‘air’ to make the sound (as in “f”), to make the sound for “v” we use our voice.
Next, we’ll take a look at some words with the “v” sound and contrast them with similar sounding words. Greg will say each word twice:
“vine” “fine”; “view” “few”; “leave” “leaf”; “vest” “best”; “van” “ban”; “vote” “boat”
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Let’s try a couple of sentences:
“Vera will be driving a van to the village in the valley.”
“Victor loved the five autumn leaves that Vanessa gave him in November.”
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Dear Greg and Ivy,Thank you for give us the good environment to learning Spoken English!Actually,I’m confused by those pronunciation,like “f” “v”"w”!I don’t know how to pronunce.And I always mixed those pronunce!But i know,With you excellent teaching and the useful website ,I can do it well!
Dear Iris,
It’s always lovely to hear from you and to receive your comments. For us to offer solutions to problems regarding better spoken English is one thing (and we thank you for your praise regarding our work); but people like you who take that advice and act on it are wise people indeed, and we’re grateful to you for making our hard work worthwhile. Keep up the good work Iris! You’re an inspiration to us all!
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