[PronunciationWorkshop] TH, Voiced T

Paragraph Practice

Nurse Thatcher was thankful it was Thursday. She knew that on Thursday she had to deliver 33 boxes of thermometers to the North American Athletic Club. They thought that thermometers were necessary for testing the hydrotherapy baths. This was thought to benefit the athletes with arthritis. The athletic trainers required authorization to provide hydrotherapy to the youthful athletes on the three bulletin boards with thumbtacks throughout the athletic club. Rather than risk the health of the athletes, they thoroughly checked the thousands of thermometers to insure their worthiness; otherwise they needed to be thrown away

THR Blends

Thread “thread the needle”
Throw “throw the ball”
Throat “my throat is sore”
Thrill “a thrilling ride”
Three “three more days”
Threw “he threw the ball”
Throne “the king sits on a throne”

“TH” Exceptions

Although the following words are spelled with a ‘TH’, they are pronounced as a ‘T’:
Thomas
Thompson
Theresa
Thailand
Thames
Esther
Thyme

Voicing the ‘T’ Sound

If a ‘T’ falls within two voiced sounds (usually vowels), the ‘T’ becomes voiced like a ‘D’.

Betty bought a bit of better butter.
But, said she,
This butter’s bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
It’ll make my batter bitter.

Animation practice

TH: http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/th/load.htm?f
Voiced T (D): http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-d/load.htm?f