Consonant Pronunciation: ‚th‘ exercises

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Practice pronouncing that tricky English ‚th‘ with these exercises.

Do you know when to pronounce ‚th‘ with or without voicing? Try this exercise.

In the following, you will hear a number of words and phrases including both th and s. These are particularly difficult to pronounce. The words are also included here. Try repeating the words after you hear them. If you are using the Chrome browser, you can even record your voice below and listen to yourself, comparing your pronunciation with the model.

myths

fifths

fourths

widths

lengths

lathes

scythes

bathes

clothes

teethes

There’s a third one.

those crazy things

Wasn’t this nice?

They saw those three.

Many thanks to Susan Lasche for the recording!