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Perfect th sound
1. Pronunciation Workshop
Perfect TH sound (unvoiced and voiced)
Task 1 (10 min.): Watch the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7M6aKv6BdA on TH.
(The perfect "TH" sound! Perfect English pronunciation)
Th – Unvoiced Sound
Task 2 (10 min.): Now with your teacher practice the unvoiced TH sound by saying the following words
aloud. Remember that this TH sound is not voiced. Your vocal cords do not vibrate when you make this
sound. Make sure you are only using air to make the sound.
Th – Voiced Sound
Task 3 (10 min.): Now practice the unvoiced TH sound by saying the following words aloud. Remember that
this TH sound is voiced. Your vocal cords vibrate when you make this sound. Make sure you are not only
using air to make the sound.
TH at the beginning
think
thin
thing
thanks
thirty
Thursday
three
thumb
third
thirteen
TH in the middle
bathtub
toothpick
birthday
healthy
something
anything
athlete
TH at the end
north
south
breath
earth
mouth
tooth
eighth
ninth
tenth
math
TH at the beginning
that
this
them
the
their
there
they’re
they
these
those
TH in the middle
feather
weather
father
brother
mother
clothing
either
other
another
TH at the end
breathe
smooth
bathe
2. Pronunciation Workshop
Task 4 (15 min.): Practice saying the following sentences out loud.
1) I think it is Thursday.
2) It is his thirteenth birthday today.
3) You can clean your teeth with a thin toothpick.
4) They should ask their father or their mother.
5) There’s something in that dog’s mouth.
6) There is another feather over there.
7) That thing is bigger than that other thing.
8) Those three boys will be there this Thursday, October ninth.
9) The other clothes are new.
10) My brother said the weather is warmer in the south than in the north.
Task 5 (10 min.): Now say the words side by side.
θ
voiceless TH
ð
voiced TH
thin then
think these
third them
thanks either
birthday brother
bathtub clothing
healthy worthy
math smooth
breath breathe
