1st April

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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.
Write your 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.
Write your own sentences with the words to practice your 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.

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