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TH Sound Handout

The document provides pronunciation practice for the "th" sound in English. It begins by explaining the difference between the voiceless /θ/ sound and voiced /ð/ sound. Examples of words containing each sound are given. Sentences are then provided to practice the different "th" pronunciations. Contrasts between "th" sounds and similar sounds like /t/, /s/, /d/, and /z/ are explored through word pairs. Readers are instructed to identify whether word pairs are the same or different.

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TH Sound Handout

The document provides pronunciation practice for the "th" sound in English. It begins by explaining the difference between the voiceless /θ/ sound and voiced /ð/ sound. Examples of words containing each sound are given. Sentences are then provided to practice the different "th" pronunciations. Contrasts between "th" sounds and similar sounds like /t/, /s/, /d/, and /z/ are explored through word pairs. Readers are instructed to identify whether word pairs are the same or different.

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org

Pronunciation Practice: th sound


/ th / / th /
voiceless voiced
Vocal cords do not vibrate Vocal cords vibrate
Place tongue between your teeth Place tongue between your
teeth

Listen to the words. Then repeat.

thin the
thank this
thief that
theater these
thirsty those
Thursday there
third they
thumb other
nothing mother
toothpaste father
birthday brother
healthy weather
toothbrush together
bath feather
teeth leather
month bathe
mouth bother
cloth breathe
eleventh
sixteenth
thirteenth
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th / / / th /
voiceless voiced
1. Thank you 1. Father and mother

2. Open your mouth 2. That’s right!

3. Healthy and wealthy 3. Other brother

4. Brush your teeth Place tongue 4. Don’t bother me!


between your teeth

 Now practice pronouncing these sentences using the 2 th


sounds. Mark the phonetic symbol above the word.

1. I thank my three brothers.

2. My birthday is on Thursday April third.

3. These three teeth hurt in my mouth.

4. They went with their mother to the theater.

5. There are thirteen thin women there.

6. She has a loose tooth in her mouth.


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Contrasting the consonants th voiceless , / t / and / s /

A. Now listen to the word pairs. Then repeat.

/ / / t / / / / t / / / /s /
thank - tank bath - bat think - sink
three - tree both - boat thing - sing
through - true math - mat mouth - mouse
thin - tin tenth - tent thin - sin
thought - taught thick - sick

B. Now you will hear two words from the list above. If the words are the
same (think- think), write “ S”. If the words are different (mouth – mouse),
write “D”.

1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________

4._________ 5. _________ 6. _________

7. _________ 8. _________ 9. _________

10._________
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Contrasting the consonants th voiced, / d / and / z /

C. Now listen to the word pairs. Then repeat.

/ th / / d / / th / / z /
they - day then - Zen
though - dough breathe - breeze
then - den clothing - closing
than - Dan teethe - tease

D. Listen. You will hear a word two times. Circle the word you hear.

1. den then 6. mouth mouse

2. mat math 7. boat both

3. they day 8. tank thank

4. sing think 9. though dough

5. three tree 10. sin thin

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