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? “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
- 2.Which word fits? “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) thank (b) tank
- 3.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “tin”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 4.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “think”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 5.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “then”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 6.Which word fits? “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) thin (b) tin
- 7.Which word fits? “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
- 8.Which word fits? “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) day (b) they
- 9.Which word fits? “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought
- 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “tin”? (a) tree (b) thin (c) thirty
- 11.Which word starts with the same sound as “thick”? (a) think (b) day (c) two
- 12.Which word starts with the same sound as “them”? (a) day (b) then (c) three
- 13.Is the “th” in “then” 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 “that”? (a) those (b) dust (c) thumb
- 15.Which word starts with the same sound as “dive”? (a) that (b) den (c) thumb
- 16.Listen: is the “th” in “thousand” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
- 17.Which word starts with the same sound as “dark”? (a) dog (b) there (c) these
- 18.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “door”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 19.Is the “th” in “three” 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 “thousand”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 21.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “three”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 22.Which word starts with the same sound as “three”? (a) tank (b) tin (c) thank
- 23.Which word starts with the same sound as “dark”? (a) dare (b) two (c) then
- 24.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “den”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 25.Which word starts with the same sound as “thirty”? (a) thumb (b) tin (c) tree
- 26.Listen: is the “th” in “those” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
- 27.Listen: is the “th” in “thick” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
- 28.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thank”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
- 29.Which word fits? “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
- 30.Which word starts with the same sound as “tank”? (a) throw (b) tie (c) desk
- 31.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “ten”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 32.Which word fits? “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) tree (b) three
- 33.Which word starts with the same sound as “duck”? (a) the (b) desk (c) thick
- 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “thousand”? (a) thumb (b) tank (c) ten
- 35.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “dust”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
- 36.Is the “th” in “them” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
- 37.Which word fits? “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) three (b) tree
- 38.Which word starts with the same sound as “they”? (a) thank (b) dust (c) then
- 39.Which word fits? “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) thin (b) tin
- 40.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thing”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
Answer key
- they
- thank
- Behind your top teeth
- Between your teeth
- Between your teeth
- tin
- den
- day
- thought
- tree
- think
- then
- as in “this”
- those
- den
- as in “thin”
- dog
- Behind your top teeth
- as in “thin”
- Between your teeth
- Between your teeth
- thank
- dare
- Behind your top teeth
- thumb
- as in “this”
- as in “thin”
- Between your teeth
- thick
- tie
- Behind your top teeth
- tree
- desk
- thumb
- Behind your top teeth
- as in “this”
- three
- then
- thin
- Between your teeth
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