/θ/ exercises from pp. 33-4

Listen & repeat : In this section you will be practicing the /θ/ sound in words and phrases.
1. Listen to the following words using /θ/ in the initial position. Repeat each word.
   1. think
   2. thumb
   3. thank
   4. thought
   5. thistle
2. Listen to the following words using /θ/ in the medial position. Repeat each word.
   1. birthday
   2. bathtub
   3. pathetic
   4. faithful
   5. lethal
3. Listen to the following words using /θ/ in the final position. Repeat each word.
   1. math
   2. truth
   3. death
   4. birth
   5. breath
4. Listen to the following phrases with /θ/ and then repeat them
   1. suck your thumb
   2. thank him well
   3. give her a thrill
   4. through thick and thin
   5. pathetic thoughts
5. Listen to the following sentences with /θ/ and then repeat them.
   1. What month is the dentist checking your mouth?
   2. The moth ate all the berries from the thistle bushes.
   3. Truth and theory don’t often agree.
   4. Was my myth telling the truth about the lethal monster?
   5. The faithful congregation sent their thoughtful prayers in thanks.
   6. The friends stayed together through thick and thin.
   7. He asked her thirty-three times to marry him.
   8. He was pathetic in his constant thoughts about death.
   9. Three times three is not thirty-three.
   10. The thought of his coming gave her a thrill.

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