Voiceless TH /θ/
Words
- thank, thick, thief, thin, think, thing, three, thousand, Thursday, thirty-eight, thunderstorm
- athlete, author, nothing, toothache, wealthy, everything, worthwhile, anything
- bath, earth, teeth, cloth, north, myth, mouth, youth, faith, underneath
Sentences
- He thanked the wealthy author on Thursday for the third time.
- The athlete ran three thousand metres to the north.
- It is a myth that when you are thirty-three you have lost your youth.
- There is nothing worthwhile in a thunderstorm.
- I think the thin thief ran north with the cloth underneath his arm.
Get the students to write their own sentences with the words, and read them out loud.
Voiced TH /ð/
Words
- that, than, the, their, then, there's, they, they'd, they'll, they've, this, those, themselves, therefore
- mother, other, bother, brother, breathing, clothing, father, feather, gathering, lather, other, rather, soothing, weather, worthy, brotherly, together
Sentences
- Their mother was gathering the clothes together.
- They’ve had a lot of bother with the weather.
- They’d rather gather those berries with their mother.
- There’s their brother, together with their father.
- Therefore they’d rather go together.
Now get the students to write their own sentences with the words to practice their pronunciation TH.
Pronunciation TH - Mixed Voiced and Voiceless
- There’s the wealthy author whose brother has toothache.
- The weather from the north on Thursdays is soothing.
- They have nothing other than each other, the weather, and their youth.
- Those thirty-eight thieves were brothers.
- They’d rather have a bath with their clothing on.
1. I have just had __________ great idea.
2. Columbus was one of __________ first people to cross __________ Atlantic.
3. __________ British drink too much tea.
4. __________ Thames flows into __________ North Sea.
5. Judith earns € 2000 __________ month.
6. Dancing is __________ more interesting activity than reading.
7. As __________ captain of __________ ship I have __________ complete authority.
8. __________ people we met on __________ holiday in __________ north of England came from
__________ USA.
9. What’s on __________ TV today?
10. He was doing eighty miles __________ hour on __________ motorway.
11. How many hours do you work on __________ average?
12. You are __________ first to reach the top.
13. The people who live in __________ Netherlands are called __________ Dutch.
14. The burglar hit me on __________ back of my neck.
15. __________ Football is his whole life
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