American English Pronunciation Workbook

Examples of the Consonant [w]


Word Initial

1.   [wiks]

our daughter went there her from six weeks all the way up to when she went to first grade

2.   [wən]

one of the things we looked when we were

3.   [weɪstɛd]

but i mean i think that you just spend so much time focusing on other things and look at all the money that we've wasted

4.   [wɚk]

if somebody's out there actually doing criminal work

5.   [weɪ]

way to

6.   [wik]

news week

7.   [wɚk]

well like i'm getting ready to go through layoffs again where i work at

8.   [wɛl]

when i came home she told me what had happened and i said well

9.   [wɛðɚ]

whether it be here

10.   [wɔʃ]

and mowing and edging and trimming and wash the car and it's look up at my watch and i go

11.   [weɪz]

now we're gonna go our separate ways and so

12.   [wiɹd]

and no they're kind of weird

13.   [wɚld]

in today's world

14.   [wɚk]

i think it's because parents are at work and they're busy making money and they're not teaching their kids any

15.   [waɪ]

so that's why it's possible

16.   [wɪθ]

couch bed for whoever's in there with you and then they've got the baby

17.   [wik]

yknow they give you a pager a cell phone and they want to know where you are morning noon and night seven days a week and that's none of their business

18.   [wɪʔtnɪsɪz]

i've listened to the jehovah's witnesses and

19.   [weɪ]

way and out of her jurisdiction

20.   [wl̩feɪɚ]

sit there and they'll pay the welfare

21.   [wɚk]

that was kind of before all the moms went to work

22.   [wɚs]

and i'm just like i don't know where it leads yknow like is it any worse than baseball cards or you know

23.   [hwəɾɛvɚ]

so i said well what yknow whatever

24.   []

wet because i was crying into it

25.   [wɪθ]

just like that accident yesterday with um

26.   [wɪmɪn]

women have a medicine

Word Medial

27.   [bɪtwin]

or put you in peek or something yknow if there's any problems between students

28.   [kwɛsʧɪns]

ask the questions

29.   [kwɛʃʧɛnz]

some of the really hard questions

30.   [əwɛɹ]

seems to the people seem to be more aware of what they're doing and it's not

31.   [æftəwɚdz]

came up afterwards and gave me his business card and said if

32.   [ɛvɹiwən]

for a fourth grader and everyone will that you

33.   [oʊvɚwəɹkt]

and they're overworked and all these big large classrooms

34.   [əweɪ]

oh we throw the book away


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