{"id":3438,"date":"2016-06-13T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2016-06-10T15:04:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:04:01","slug":"magoosh-comics-pronounce-w-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/magoosh-comics-pronounce-w-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Magoosh Comics: How to Pronounce &#8220;W&#8221; and &#8220;V&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many ESL students get the &#8220;W&#8221; and &#8220;V&#8221; sounds mixed up. To help you distinguish between these two sounds, here&#8217;s a tutorial, in comic strip form.<\/p>\n<h2>English Pronunciation Tutorial: The\u00a0&#8220;W&#8221; and &#8220;V&#8221; sounds<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3439\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/magoosh-company-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/toefl\/files\/2016\/06\/09132504\/MagooshComics-HowTo-W-V.jpg\" alt=\"English Pronunciation: W and V\" width=\"793\" height=\"1079\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed that, and learned a little bit more about these two similar-yet-distinct sounds in English. In my next two posts on this subject, you&#8217;ll get to hear these sounds as they are pronounced by a native English speaker. 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