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