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