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    Practice The Voiceless TH Sound

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    The document provides instructions for practicing the voiceless TH and voiced TH sounds in English. It lists examples of words containing these sounds in initial, medial, and final positions. It encourages practicing saying the words aloud while using only air to produce the voiceless TH sound and air plus vocal vibration for the voiced TH sound. Finally, it presents sentences containing both sounds to practice distinguishing between them.

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    Practice The Voiceless TH Sound

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    The document provides instructions for practicing the voiceless TH and voiced TH sounds in English. It lists examples of words containing these sounds in initial, medial, and final positions. It encourages practicing saying the words aloud while using only air to produce the voiceless TH sound and air plus vocal vibration for the voiced TH sound. Finally, it presents sentences containing both sounds to practice distinguishing between them.

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    The document provides instructions for practicing the voiceless TH and voiced TH sounds in English. It lists examples of words containing these sounds in initial, medial, and final positions. It encourages practicing saying the words aloud while using only air to produce the voiceless TH sound and air plus vocal vibration for the voiced TH sound. Finally, it presents sentences containing both sounds to practice distinguishing between them.

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    Practice The Voiceless TH Sound

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    The document provides instructions for practicing the voiceless TH and voiced TH sounds in English. It lists examples of words containing these sounds in initial, medial, and final positions. It encourages practicing saying the words aloud while using only air to produce the voiceless TH sound and air plus vocal vibration for the voiced TH sound. Finally, it presents sentences containing both sounds to practice distinguishing between them.

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    Practice the voiceless TH sound: θ 

    Practice the voiceless TH sound by saying these 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.

    Voiceless TH at the beginning of a word:

     think

     thin

     thing

     thanks

     thirty

     Thursday

     three

     thumb

     third

     thirteen

    Voiceless TH in the middle of a word:

     bathtub

     toothpick

     birthday

     healthy

     something

     anything

     athlete

    Voiceless TH at the end of a word:

     math  fifth

     tooth  breath

     teeth  earth

     tenth  mouth

     ninth  south
     north

    Practice the voiced TH sound: ð


    Now, let's practice the voiced TH sound. Remember to use air and your voice to make this buzzing
    sound. 

    Voiced TH at the beginning of a word:

     that

     this

     them

     the

     their

     there

     they're

     those

     they

     these

    Voiced TH in the middle of a word:

     feather

     weather

     father

     brother

     mother

     clothing

     clothes

     either

     other

     another

    Voiced TH at the end of a word:

     breathe  bathe
     smooth
    Finally, practice the sounds side-by-side

    Remember to voice the words in the green boxes and use only air for the words
    in the blue boxes!

    θ ð
    voiceless TH voiced TH
    thin then
    think these
    third them
    Thanks either
    birthday brother
    bathtub clothing
    healthy worthy
    math smooth
    breath breathe

    Now say these sentences out loud.


     
    The voiceless TH sounds are in blue. Use only air to make these sounds.

    The voiced TH sounds are in green. Use air and your voice to make these buzzing sounds.

    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) The other clothes are new.

    6) There is another feather over there.

    7) That thing is bigger than that other thing.

    8) Those three boys will be three this Thursday, October ninth.

    9) There is something in that dog's mouth.

    10) My brother said the weather is warmer in the south than in the north.

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