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.Which word fits? “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) tank (b) thank
- 2.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “day”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 3.Listen: is the “th” in “there” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 4.Which word fits? “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
- 5.Is the “th” in “throw” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 6.Which word starts with the same sound as “dark”? (a) dust (b) these (c) thirty
- 7.Is the “th” in “thread” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 8.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “top”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 9.Is the “th” in “they” 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 “throw”? (a) ten (b) tie (c) thick
- 11.Which word fits? “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
- 12.Which word fits? “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) tank (b) thank
- 13.Which word fits? “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
- 14.Which word starts with the same sound as “those”? (a) dare (b) the (c) duck
- 15.Which word fits? “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) three (b) tree
- 16.Listen: is the “th” in “thirty” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 17.Is the “th” in “that” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 18.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “dust”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 19.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “ten”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 20.Which word starts with the same sound as “thumb”? (a) tank (b) desk (c) thick
- 21.Which word fits? “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) den (b) then
- 22.Which word starts with the same sound as “desk”? (a) there (b) dark (c) tin
- 23.Which word starts with the same sound as “these”? (a) that (b) den (c) thin
- 24.Which word starts with the same sound as “tick”? (a) think (b) tin (c) these
- 25.Which word starts with the same sound as “then”? (a) this (b) dog (c) thing
- 26.Which word fits? “Mum rolls the ___ to make rotis.” (a) though (b) dough
- 27.Listen: is the “th” in “thirsty” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 28.Listen: is the “th” in “these” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
- 29.Which word fits? “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) then (b) den
- 30.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “then”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 31.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thin”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 32.Which word starts with the same sound as “them”? (a) thank (b) dark (c) there
- 33.Listen: is the “th” in “they” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “den”? (a) dive (b) that (c) tall
- 35.Which word starts with the same sound as “they”? (a) door (b) this (c) dog
- 36.Listen: is the “th” in “thing” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 37.Which word starts with the same sound as “ten”? (a) desk (b) thick (c) tree
- 38.Which word starts with the same sound as “thread”? (a) tin (b) top (c) three
- 39.Which word starts with the same sound as “tall”? (a) thin (b) dust (c) tree
- 40.Listen: is the “th” in “think” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
Answer key
- thank
- Behind your top teeth
- as in “this”
- they
- as in “thin”
- dust
- as in “thin”
- Behind your top teeth
- as in “this”
- thick
- thick
- tank
- three
- the
- tree
- as in “thin”
- as in “this”
- Behind your top teeth
- Behind your top teeth
- thick
- den
- dark
- that
- tin
- this
- dough
- as in “thin”
- as in “this”
- then
- Between your teeth
- Between your teeth
- there
- as in “this”
- dive
- this
- as in “thin”
- tree
- three
- tree
- as in “thin”
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