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TH Sound Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 4: th sounds (thin, this) · Set 587 · 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? “___ are playing cricket outside.” (a) they (b) day
  2. 2.Which word fits? “Always ___ people who help you.” (a) thank (b) tank
  3. 3.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “tin”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  4. 4.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “think”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  5. 5.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “then”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  6. 6.Which word fits? “___ is a soft, silver metal.” (a) thin (b) tin
  7. 7.Which word fits? “A lion sleeps in its ___.” (a) then (b) den
  8. 8.Which word fits? “Sunday is my favourite ___.” (a) day (b) they
  9. 9.Which word fits? “I ___ it would rain, so I took an umbrella.” (a) taught (b) thought
  10. 10.Which word starts with the same sound as “tin”? (a) tree (b) thin (c) thirty
  11. 11.Which word starts with the same sound as “thick”? (a) think (b) day (c) two
  12. 12.Which word starts with the same sound as “them”? (a) day (b) then (c) three
  13. 13.Is the “th” in “then” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  14. 14.Which word starts with the same sound as “that”? (a) those (b) dust (c) thumb
  15. 15.Which word starts with the same sound as “dive”? (a) that (b) den (c) thumb
  16. 16.Listen: is the “th” in “thousand” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  17. 17.Which word starts with the same sound as “dark”? (a) dog (b) there (c) these
  18. 18.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “door”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  19. 19.Is the “th” in “three” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  20. 20.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thousand”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  21. 21.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “three”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  22. 22.Which word starts with the same sound as “three”? (a) tank (b) tin (c) thank
  23. 23.Which word starts with the same sound as “dark”? (a) dare (b) two (c) then
  24. 24.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “den”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  25. 25.Which word starts with the same sound as “thirty”? (a) thumb (b) tin (c) tree
  26. 26.Listen: is the “th” in “those” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  27. 27.Listen: is the “th” in “thick” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “this” (b) as in “thin”
  28. 28.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thank”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth
  29. 29.Which word fits? “This book is ___; it has 900 pages.” (a) tick (b) thick
  30. 30.Which word starts with the same sound as “tank”? (a) throw (b) tie (c) desk
  31. 31.Listen: where does your tongue go for the first sound of “ten”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  32. 32.Which word fits? “A mango ___ grows in our garden.” (a) tree (b) three
  33. 33.Which word starts with the same sound as “duck”? (a) the (b) desk (c) thick
  34. 34.Which word starts with the same sound as “thousand”? (a) thumb (b) tank (c) ten
  35. 35.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “dust”? (a) Between your teeth (b) Behind your top teeth
  36. 36.Is the “th” in “them” like the “th” in “thin” or in “this”? (a) as in “thin” (b) as in “this”
  37. 37.Which word fits? “I have ___ pencils in my bag.” (a) three (b) tree
  38. 38.Which word starts with the same sound as “they”? (a) thank (b) dust (c) then
  39. 39.Which word fits? “The boy is tall and ___.” (a) thin (b) tin
  40. 40.Where does your tongue go for the first sound of “thing”? (a) Behind your top teeth (b) Between your teeth

Answer key

  1. they
  2. thank
  3. Behind your top teeth
  4. Between your teeth
  5. Between your teeth
  6. tin
  7. den
  8. day
  9. thought
  10. tree
  11. think
  12. then
  13. as in “this”
  14. those
  15. den
  16. as in “thin”
  17. dog
  18. Behind your top teeth
  19. as in “thin”
  20. Between your teeth
  21. Between your teeth
  22. thank
  23. dare
  24. Behind your top teeth
  25. thumb
  26. as in “this”
  27. as in “thin”
  28. Between your teeth
  29. thick
  30. tie
  31. Behind your top teeth
  32. tree
  33. desk
  34. thumb
  35. Behind your top teeth
  36. as in “this”
  37. three
  38. then
  39. thin
  40. Between your teeth

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