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The /TH/ Sounds (voiceless & voiced) |
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The /TH/ Sounds
The voiceless TH
- produced with the tongue touching upper teeth lightly.
- Tongue maintains a relaxed stance and should be protruding.
- Maintain a steady and faintly audible flow of air.
- Do not interchange with the T sound.
The Voiceless TH vs. the T sound
Thank Spontaneous Can’t
Thick Fifth Myth
Tomorrow Winter Beet
Theater Toothache Smith
Today Splinter Date
Thistle Catheter Earth
Tart Attract Wait
Thunder Panther Seth
Twinkle Alternate Elegant
Thought Pathetic Death
Try these phrases
Three thousand Thirty three
Theater times One thousand block
Cathedral in the winter Mythical creature
Alternate route Two thirds
Betty’s telepathy Mr. smith’s death
Elegant earth Attractive date
Bittersweet tart A feather splinter
The actor’s catheter Tom thumb
Twenty thick toys Three miles south
The pink panther Thomas throws
Sentence drills
- I have Thin Tables on 5th avenue.
- Thank you for your patience.
- There are three listings for Tony’s Thick Tarts.
- We offer movie times and listings for the theater.
- I’m showing the Toothache Dentist on Thornbrook Ave.
- I do have Seth Thomas on Winterhaven Dr.
- The movie is showing today at 3:30 pm.
- I have Think Thai Cuisine on Thunder Alley.
- Would you like anything else besides the one on Thistle Lane?
- Thank you. I have St. Thomas’ Cathedral on Twain Road.
The voiced TH
- Produced with the tongue protruding slightly.
- Tongue should also be touching the upper teeth.
- Start with the voiceless TH then add a buzzing sound without changing the position of tongue.
- Do not interchange with the D sound.
The voiced TH vs. the D sound
Their dare
Father fodder
Seethe seed
Though dough
Other udder
Writhe ride
Then Den
Worthy Wordy
Loathe Load
They Day
lather Ladder
Scythe Side
Try these phrases:
These mothers Have a breather
Bathing with them Of the heathen
Their clothes for the brother Either of the brothers
Southern and northern That leather
There’s no bother With some laher
Over the border Other weather
Either father Without the mother
Search further Another name
This is a business That’s that
How’s the weather
Sentence drills
- Is there anything else I can help you with?
- I have The Leather Shop on Broadway.
- Let me transfer you for further assistance.
- Is there a particular movie you’d like to see?
- I’m sorry but Brother Bear is not showing at the Loews.
- I have Home Depot on Main Street, and another on Damon Road.
- The caller needs weather information.
- Is this dentist on Northern Avenue?
- That’s Days Inn in Southington, CT?
- Could this be under another name?
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