PRONUNCIATION – TH

A. W ORDS WITH T H ( VOICELESS )

/θ/
 thank, thick, thief, thin, think, thing, three, thousand, Thursday, thirty-eight, thunderstorm
 athlete, author, nothing, toothache, wealthy, everything, worthwhile, anything
 bath, earth, teeth, cloth, north, myth, mouth, youth, faith, underneath

S ENTENCES
 He thanked the wealthy author on Thursday for the third time.
 I think the athlete ran three thousand metres to the north.
 It is a myth that when you are thirty-three you have lost your youth.
 There is nothing worthwhile in a thunderstorm.
 I think the thin thief ran north with the cloth underneath his arm.

B. W ORDS WITH T H ( VOICED )

/ð/
 that, than, the, their, then, there's, they, they'd, they'll, they've, this, those, themselves,
therefore
 mother, other, bother, brother, breathing, clothing, father, feather, gathering, lather, other,
rather, soothing, weather, worthy, brotherly, together

S ENTENCES
 Their mother was gathering the clothes together.
 They’ve had a lot of bother with the weather.
 They’d rather gather those berries with their mother.
 There’s their other brother, together with their father.
 Therefore they’d rather go together.

C. M IXED
 There’s the wealthy author whose brother has toothache.
 The weather from the north on Thursdays is soothing.
 They have nothing other than each other, the weather and their youth.
 Those thirty-eight thieves were brothers.
 They’d rather have a bath with their clothing on.