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PRONUNCIATION

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How many consonant sounds are there in English?

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Contents!

  • How to pronounce sounds
  • Practice
  • Common spelling patterns
  • Exercises

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Can you point out the differences?

/θ/

/ð/

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/θ/

/ð/

Place of tongue

Tip of the tongue is placed behind the upper and bottom front teeth

Air

Go out through the mouth

Vibration

✓🡪 unvoiced

🗴 🡪 voiced

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Examples

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Three

/θriː/

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These

/ðiːz/

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Bath (n)

/bæθ/

Bathe (v)

/beɪð/

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Common spelling patterns

  • THANK /θæŋk/
  • NOTHING /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
  • DEATH  /deθ/
  • BIRTHDAY /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/
  • THIRSTY /ˈθɜːrsti/
  • MOTHER /ˈmʌðər/
  • CLOTHING /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
  • SOUTHERN /ˈsʌðərn/
  • THERE /ðeə(r)/
  • WEATHER /ˈweðər/

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/θ/

/ð/

TH

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A: One third is thirty-three percent, isn’t it?

B: Thirty-three and a third percent, to be exact.

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A: Can I have one of those, please!

B: These?

A: No, the others, over there.

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Exercises

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1. The thief took nothing in the bathroom

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Exercise 1: Listen and circle the words with

/θ/ in the sentences

2.Kathy is a thin but healthy 

athlete.

3.That author has his fiftieth 

birthday this month.

4.There are three teeth in Martha

's mouth.

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Exercise 2: Color 5 words with sound / ð/

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thin

they

breathe

thumb

bath

clothes

bathe

mouth

cloth

then

bathe

clothes

they

then

breathe

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Exercise 3: Write these words

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  • /ðæt/ => ___________
  • /mʌnθ/ =>___________
  • /ðen/ =>___________
  • /θɪn/ =>___________
  • /ðeɪ/ =>___________
  • /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/ =>___________

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That

Month

Then

Thin

They

Birthday

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Exercise 4: Circle the word with different pronunciation of «th»

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1.

AUTHOR

WEATHER

THIEF

THIRSTY

2.

EARTH

NORTH

NORTHERN

MONTH

3.

CLOTHES

CLOTHING

CLOTH

THEN

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GATHER

MOTHER

BROTHER

SOUTH

5.

WORTH

SMOOTHIE

SOOTHE

SMOOTH

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I've done terrible things�And I've done unspeakable things�But you've done wonderful things to save me.

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My heart's been harder than rocks�And my mind's been darker than dark�But you've done wonderful things to change me.

I just think about the way�I did without you�Loving me the way you do.�On this side of things�I see clearly my deceit�And life's better living with you

I've done terrible things�And I've done unspeakable things�But you've done wonderful things to save me.

My heart's been harder than rocks

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So you say wanna grab hold�Well to hold you gotta let go�Of the only way you may have ever know�

Wonderful things

– Ryan Corn

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Thank you and Goodbye