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