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