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TH Sound Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 4: th sounds (thin, this) · Set 300 · 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.Which word fits? “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) tank (b) thank
  2. 2.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “day”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  3. 3.Listen: is the “th” in “there” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  4. 4.Which word fits? “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
  5. 5.Is the “th” in “throw” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  6. 6.Which word starts with the same sound as “dark”? (a) dust (b) these (c) thirty
  7. 7.Is the “th” in “thread” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  8. 8.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “top”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  9. 9.Is the “th” in “they” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  10. 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “throw”? (a) ten (b) tie (c) thick
  11. 11.Which word fits? “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
  12. 12.Which word fits? “Fill the water ___ on the roof.” (a) tank (b) thank
  13. 13.Which word fits? “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) tree (b) three
  14. 14.Which word starts with the same sound as “those”? (a) dare (b) the (c) duck
  15. 15.Which word fits? “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) three (b) tree
  16. 16.Listen: is the “th” in “thirty” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  17. 17.Is the “th” in “that” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  18. 18.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “dust”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  19. 19.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “ten”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  20. 20.Which word starts with the same sound as “thumb”? (a) tank (b) desk (c) thick
  21. 21.Which word fits? “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) den (b) then
  22. 22.Which word starts with the same sound as “desk”? (a) there (b) dark (c) tin
  23. 23.Which word starts with the same sound as “these”? (a) that (b) den (c) thin
  24. 24.Which word starts with the same sound as “tick”? (a) think (b) tin (c) these
  25. 25.Which word starts with the same sound as “then”? (a) this (b) dog (c) thing
  26. 26.Which word fits? “Mum rolls the ___ to make rotis.” (a) though (b) dough
  27. 27.Listen: is the “th” in “thirsty” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  28. 28.Listen: is the “th” in “these” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  29. 29.Which word fits? “First we eat, ___ we play.” (a) then (b) den
  30. 30.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “then”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  31. 31.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thin”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  32. 32.Which word starts with the same sound as “them”? (a) thank (b) dark (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: is the “th” in “they” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  34. 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “den”? (a) dive (b) that (c) tall
  35. 35.Which word starts with the same sound as “they”? (a) door (b) this (c) dog
  36. 36.Listen: is the “th” in “thing” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  37. 37.Which word starts with the same sound as “ten”? (a) desk (b) thick (c) tree
  38. 38.Which word starts with the same sound as “thread”? (a) tin (b) top (c) three
  39. 39.Which word starts with the same sound as “tall”? (a) thin (b) dust (c) tree
  40. 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

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

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