Consonant Sound /w/ with Examples (+Audio Pronunciation)

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Welcome to the simplest lesson on voiced consonant sound /w/ with its pronunciation, word examples and questions for you to practice.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Pronounce voiced consonant sound /w/ correctly.
• Give examples of words with consonant sound /w/.
• Identify consonant /w/ sound in words.

Voiced consonant /w/

Consonant sound /w/ is pronounced like a short “uwor”.

Indeed it sounds like the fastest & smoothest combination of vowel sounds /u/ and //.

Consonant /w/ sound is VOICED, so there is a vibration in your throat when pronounced.

TAKE NOTE: /w/ is mostly SILENT when it comes before ‘r’.

• wrist
• wrong
• wright

/w/ is also silent in words like: “answer, sword, who, two…“

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Practice questions on consonant sound /w/