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