There are 2 pronunciations for ‘th’. One is as in “the” or “that”, and the other is as in “think”. We’d like to help you with the pronunciation of ‘th’ as in ‘think’.
Many people mispronounce the ‘th’ sound as ‘s’; and so “think” becomes “sink”!
Sentence: “I think I’ll have a conversation with Rita on both Thursday and Friday.”
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Firstly, lets take a look at what our mouth should look like when we pronounce ‘th’ as in ‘think’.
“Put your tongue between your teeth.
Blow out air between your tongue and your top teeth.”
Next, we’ll take a look at some words with the ‘th’ sound, and contrast them with the ‘s’ sound. Greg will say each word twice:
“Mouth” “Mouse”; “Thumb” “Sum”;
“Thick” “Sick”; “Think” “Sink”; “Path” “Pass”.
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