TH Sound Pronunciation Worksheet
How to say it (Tongue between the teeth): Soft th (thin, three, think): tongue between the teeth, blow — no voice. Buzzing th (this, they, the): tongue between the teeth, with voice. t and d: tongue behind the top teeth (tin, day).
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- 1.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “top”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 2.Which word starts with the same sound as “three”? (a) thread (b) tall (c) duck
- 3.Which word fits? “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) tank (b) thank
- 4.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “they”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 5.Which word starts with the same sound as “dark”? (a) door (b) them (c) table
- 6.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “duck”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 7.Is the “th” in “then” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 8.Which word starts with the same sound as “dust”? (a) dive (b) they (c) thin
- 9.Which word starts with the same sound as “day”? (a) they (b) thirty (c) door
- 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “top”? (a) thread (b) they (c) tick
- 11.Listen: is the “th” in “thank” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 12.Which word fits? “I went out, even ___ it was raining.” (a) dough (b) though
- 13.Which word starts with the same sound as “thin”? (a) ten (b) them (c) thank
- 14.Is the “th” in “they” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
- 15.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thank”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 16.Listen: is the “th” in “thumb” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
- 17.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “dust”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 18.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “duck”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 19.Which word fits? “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
- 20.Which word starts with the same sound as “tin”? (a) desk (b) two (c) thousand
- 21.Is the “th” in “thick” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 22.Which word starts with the same sound as “this”? (a) tick (b) then (c) den
- 23.Which word fits? “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) den (b) then
- 24.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “two”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 25.Which word fits? “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) tree (b) three
- 26.Listen: is the “th” in “that” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 27.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “dark”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 28.Which word fits? “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) thank (b) tank
- 29.Which word fits? “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) tin (b) thin
- 30.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thick”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 31.Which word starts with the same sound as “den”? (a) them (b) door (c) then
- 32.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thirty”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 33.Which word starts with the same sound as “them”? (a) ten (b) that (c) dark
- 34.Which word fits? “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought
- 35.Which word fits? “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
- 36.Which word starts with the same sound as “three”? (a) ten (b) thirsty (c) desk
- 37.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “throw”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 38.Which word starts with the same sound as “thousand”? (a) thumb (b) those (c) tie
- 39.Listen: is the “th” in “then” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
- 40.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “throw”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
Answer key
- Behind your top teeth
- thread
- thank
- Between your teeth
- door
- Behind your top teeth
- as in “this”
- dive
- door
- tick
- as in “thin”
- though
- thank
- as in “this”
- Between your teeth
- as in “thin”
- Behind your top teeth
- Behind your top teeth
- they
- two
- as in “thin”
- then
- then
- Behind your top teeth
- tree
- as in “this”
- Behind your top teeth
- tank
- thin
- Between your teeth
- door
- Between your teeth
- that
- thought
- den
- thirsty
- Between your teeth
- thumb
- as in “this”
- Between your teeth
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