Consonant sound

/W/ By Janet Montes

Keyna Mota
Adlin Pabón
Oriana Ruiz
POIN T O F FORM A TIGH CIRCLE

IC UL ATION with puckered lips brought out

ART and away from your face.

PRODUCE A SOUND
WITH YOUR VOCAL
CORDS
while holding the back of your
tongue towards the roof of your
mouth, near the back.

Janet Montes
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V
To make the /w/ sound: correctly pronounce the W
/w/ is called a “glide.” To make it, sound, form your lips into a

w /
small, tight circle. It is

/
start by rounding your lips into
important to hold your lips
an “O” shape. Vibrate your vocal
correctly. Imagine
cords, and widen your lips, whistling or blowing out a
spreading them into the shape of candle. Use the same shape
whatever vowel follows the /w/ in to form the letter W.
the word.
To practice the /w/ sound
The /w/ sound is a speech
while also improving your
sound that has pronunciation of the
characteristics of both a English vowel sounds.
vowel and a consonant – won - ween - wane - wine
this is called a ‘glide’.
sway - swear - swore
Examples /w/ qu or gu
Not
pronounced.

/w/ – Week: /ˈwik/

– Wake: /ˈweɪv/
– Wale: /weɪl/
– Liquid: /ˈlɪk.wɪd/
– Square: /skwer/
– Quite: /kwaɪt/
– Awful: /ˈɑː.fəl/
– Flower: /ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
– Power: /ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
– Weak: /wiːk/ – Language: / – Sword: /sɔːrd/
– Wait: /weɪt/ ˈlæŋ.gwɪdʒ/ – Towel: /taʊəl/
– Between: /bɪˈtwiːn – Jaguar: /
Even though the /w/ Is a consonant, it's pronounced – Away: /əˈweɪ/
– Twist: /twɪst/
ˈdʒæg.waːr/

like a vowel. So you should fell the air gliding over – Swear: /swer/
– Switch: /swɪtʃ/
your tongue.
The /w/ Is a voiced sound, so don't forget to add
your voiced.
We want waffles when

Activity
we wake.

We were welcomed to the

weekend wedding.

I wish to wish the wish you wish

to wish, but if you wish the wish
the witch wishes, I won’t wish the
wish you wish to wish.
 THANK
YOU!
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