In today’s live class, Teacher Robin is showing us how to pronounce the “th” sound with some useful examples. You can participate by writing in the comments. Enjoy!
TH Pronunciation Quiz
Grammar – TH Pronunciation 
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TH pronunciation
- TH – voiced dental fricative /ð/
- To pronounce this TH, place the tip of your tongue between your top and bottom teeth and vibrate your vocal cords
- – than
- – then
- – this
- – weather
- – smooth
- – other
Tongue twister:- Whether the weather is cold, whether the weather is hot, we’ll weather the weather, whatever the weather.
TH – voiceless dental fricative /θ/
To pronounce this TH, do the same: place the tip of your tongue between your teeth but just blow air through your mouth without vibrating your vocal cords.- Words that have the /θ/ sound are:
- – thank
- – think
- – therapy
- – moth
- – path
- – youth
Tongue twister:- I thought a thought but the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.
I always have difficulty with the pronunciation of these words : though, thought and thousand, but now with your help I’ll try to do it. Thank you teacher Robin
Oh this wonderful explanation about “th” sound, I’ve already realized these differences between these kind of words but it was the first time I saw such a clear explanation! Tks teacher Robin!
We are very happy to help.
Thank you , is very dificult for me to pronounce English.
The diferentes sounds of the letter “a” is very difficult too
Thank you for your comment. We appreciate the suggestion.
Really like this clases live, thanks Robin. I understand this sound th. It’s interesting to learn by way 👍
I’m laughing a lot with myself in the mirror trying to pronunciate th dental fricative. I realy enjoy these tongue Twister. I’ll try with the kids. Th th th