Two Sounds of
Digraph "th"

Phonics 69A

th

"th" has two sounds.
Strong th tickles your lips.
Weak th is very quiet.

that this
they them

strong th

third 3^rd
forth 4^th

weak th

leather (strong)

thumb (weak)

Say the word. Bracket the strong (th).

1. smoo(th)

2. weather

3. leather

4. the

5. this

6. that

7. then

8. there

9. they