V

Pronunciation: consonant sounds

initial v

Read from left to right and go down the list:

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middle v

given	driven	maven	waving
flavor	waver	paver	shaver
woven	govern	oven	coven
hover	cover	raven	Rover
even	ever	evil	weever
Stevie	Eva	Evan	Steven

final v

love	of	weave	wove
live	jive	hive	five
fave	save	slave	brave
grove	trove	glove	shove
live	give	active	relive
above	achieve	leave	heave
have	salve	sieve	shiv
I’ve	arrive	believe	Viv

final v + word endings

caves	Dave’s	calves	halves
knives	wives	lives	hives
drives	thrives	moves	grooves
lived	loved	moved	grooved
braved	bereaved	weaved	relieved
Click here for a video that shows how to pronounce verbs that end in “v” in the past tense.

Note: The “v” sound in English is voiced. Contrast this sound with the “f” sound, which is an unvoiced sound.