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Bath (N) Breath (N) : Bathe (V) Breathe (V)

This document provides instruction on pronouncing the "th" sounds in English. It discusses the two types of "th" sounds: the voiceless "th" sound /θ/ and the voiced "th" sound /ð/. Examples are given of words containing each sound. Readers are instructed to practice pronunciation by repeating example words and sentences, marking the phonetic symbols above words containing the different "th" sounds.

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Bath (N) Breath (N) : Bathe (V) Breathe (V)

This document provides instruction on pronouncing the "th" sounds in English. It discusses the two types of "th" sounds: the voiceless "th" sound /θ/ and the voiced "th" sound /ð/. Examples are given of words containing each sound. Readers are instructed to practice pronunciation by repeating example words and sentences, marking the phonetic symbols above words containing the different "th" sounds.

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Pronunciation Practice: th sound


/ th / /θ/ / th
/ð/
/
voiceless (vô thanh) voiced (hữu thanh)
Vocal cords do not vibrate Vocal cords vibrate
Place tongue between your teeth Place tongue between your
teeth

Listen to the words. Then repeat.

thin the
thank this
thief that
theater these
thirsty those
Thursday there
third they
thumb other
nothing mother
toothpaste father
birthday brother
healthy weather
toothbrush together
bath feather
teeth leather
month bathe
mouth bother
cloth breathe
eleventh
sixteenth
thirteenth
bath (n) bathe (v)
breath (n) breathe (v)
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th / / /θ/ / th / /ð/
voiceless voiced
1. Thank you 1. Father and mother

2. Open your mouth 2. That’s right!

3. Healthy and wealthy 3. Other brother

4. Brush your teeth Place tongue 4. Don’t bother me!


between your teeth

Now practice pronouncing these sentences using the 2 th


sounds. Mark the phonetic symbol above the word.

1. I thank my three brothers.


/θ/ /θ/ /ð/
2. My birthday is on Thursday April third.

3. These three teeth hurt in my mouth.

4. They went with their mother to the theater.

5. There are thirteen thin women there.

6. She has a loose tooth in her mouth.

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