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TH Sound Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 4: th sounds (thin, this) · Set 133 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “dare”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  2. 2.Listen: is the “th” in “those” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  3. 3.Is the “th” in “three” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  4. 4.Which word fits? “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) tank (b) thank
  5. 5.Which word fits? “Our teacher ___ us a new song.” (a) taught (b) thought
  6. 6.Which word fits? “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) thin (b) tin
  7. 7.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thousand”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  8. 8.Which word starts with the same sound as “tank”? (a) tin (b) thirty (c) throw
  9. 9.Which word starts with the same sound as “tin”? (a) thousand (b) tank (c) thing
  10. 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “the”? (a) dark (b) dog (c) those
  11. 11.Which word starts with the same sound as “that”? (a) dive (b) the (c) tall
  12. 12.Which word fits? “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) three (b) tree
  13. 13.Is the “th” in “there” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  14. 14.Which word starts with the same sound as “table”? (a) thousand (b) thumb (c) tank
  15. 15.Which word fits? “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) den (b) then
  16. 16.Which word starts with the same sound as “den”? (a) them (b) tree (c) day
  17. 17.Which word starts with the same sound as “then”? (a) dive (b) these (c) day
  18. 18.Which word starts with the same sound as “throw”? (a) day (b) thick (c) ten
  19. 19.Listen: is the “th” in “thousand” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  20. 20.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “desk”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  21. 21.Which word fits? “Put a ___ next to the right answer.” (a) thick (b) tick
  22. 22.Which word fits? “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) tin (b) thin
  23. 23.Which word fits? “I went out, even ___ it was raining.” (a) dough (b) though
  24. 24.Which word starts with the same sound as “den”? (a) dare (b) thing (c) the
  25. 25.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “tank”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  26. 26.Listen: is the “th” in “throw” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  27. 27.Which word starts with the same sound as “those”? (a) desk (b) ten (c) they
  28. 28.Which word fits? “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) thank (b) tank
  29. 29.Which word fits? “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
  30. 30.Listen: is the “th” in “think” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  31. 31.Which word starts with the same sound as “dog”? (a) this (b) two (c) dark
  32. 32.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “them”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  33. 33.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “throw”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  34. 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “thread”? (a) tie (b) thin (c) the
  35. 35.Which word starts with the same sound as “door”? (a) there (b) thumb (c) dark
  36. 36.Which word starts with the same sound as “dive”? (a) then (b) dust (c) throw
  37. 37.Which word fits? “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
  38. 38.Which word starts with the same sound as “top”? (a) ten (b) thumb (c) thin
  39. 39.Which word starts with the same sound as “desk”? (a) duck (b) those (c) ten
  40. 40.Which word starts with the same sound as “dust”? (a) tank (b) day (c) then

Answer key

  1. Behind your top teeth
  2. as in “this”
  3. as in “thin”
  4. thank
  5. taught
  6. tin
  7. Between your teeth
  8. tin
  9. tank
  10. those
  11. the
  12. three
  13. as in “this”
  14. tank
  15. then
  16. day
  17. these
  18. thick
  19. as in “thin”
  20. Behind your top teeth
  21. tick
  22. thin
  23. though
  24. dare
  25. Behind your top teeth
  26. as in “thin”
  27. they
  28. tank
  29. thick
  30. as in “thin”
  31. dark
  32. Between your teeth
  33. Between your teeth
  34. thin
  35. dark
  36. dust
  37. den
  38. ten
  39. duck
  40. day

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