English pronunciation lesson to practice with the sounds t, d and th.

1. THE [t], [d] AND “th” SOUND
Teacher: Allana de Melo
Student: Maurício Coelho

2. Pronouncing [t]
• Tongue tip: place the tongue tip up, behind top teeth,
let tongue down with a puff of air.

3. Possible pronunciation problems
• If you say /tʃ/ instead of /t/:
– two will sound like chew
– tease will sound like cheese
– tin like chin
JUST BE SURE TO PRACTICE ALL THE TIME. YOUR [t]
WILL BE TERRIFIC!

4. The [t] sound
Beginning Middle End
Take Actor Feet
Talk Hotel Boat
Table Guitar Cat
Too/To/Two Between Cut

5. Examples in sentences
• Tell the teacher.
• Tea and toast.
• Today is Tuesday.
• That team is the top winner.
• Tim bought two tickets.
• Pat wrote the letter.
• Leave the waiter a fifteen percent tip.

6. The [d] sound
• Pronouncing [d]: place the tongue tip up, behind top
teeth, let tongue down with a puff of air, voice.

7. The [d] sound
Beginning Middle End
Do Soda Bad
Dog Today Did
Day Window Band

8. Examples in sentences
• End of the road
• A bad cold
• How do you do?
• Wendy is a wonderful dancer
• The dog is hiding under the bed

9. “th” sound
[θ]
• Three
• Thunder
• Throw
• Path
• Teeth
• Breath
• Mouth
[ð]
• This
• That
• The
• Weather
• Mother
• Father
• Breathe

10. • If you say /f/ instead of /θ/:
• Ruth will sound like roof
• If you say /t/ instead of /θ/:
• Path will sound like pat
• Thanks will sound like tanks
Possible pronunciation problems

11. [θ] sound
Beginning Middle End
Thank [θæŋk] Somenthing [ˈsʌmθɪŋ] North [nɔrθ]
Thousand [ˈθaʊzənd] Anything [ˈɛniˌθɪŋ] Bath [bæθ]
Thief [θif] Everything [ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ] Mouth [maʊθ]
Three [θri] Birthday [ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ] Breath [brɛθ]

12. “th” sound: listen and repeat
1. I was thirsty after thirty-three therapy sessions
in Thirsk.
2. On Thursday I threw myself through
several therapeutic thoughts.
3. She thinks she has finished her thirteen-month thesis
about three-D movies in theatres.

14. • DALE, Paulette; POMS, Lillian. English pronunciation
for International students. Prentice Hall Regents. USA,
1999.
• “Phonetics sounds in American English”. Disponível
em
http://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/english/english.html
Acesso em: 24.mar.2017.
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