Dental sounds

[θ] [ð]
 How to make dental sound
[θ] [ð]
• Place the tip of the tongue
firmly against the cutting
edge of the upper front
teeth.
• Push the air through the
gap.
• Differences
– [θ] the vocal cords DO NOT
vibrate
– [ð] the vocal cords vibrate
 Now practice the sounds
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 Now practice the sounds
[θ] [ð]
• Three • Mother
•Thin •This
• Both • Brother
•Thanks •That
• Other
•Thirty • Month •These • Together
•Theater • Mouth •Those • Weather
•Thumb • North •Then • Without
•Thursday • South •They • Breath
•Thirsty • Birthday •Father • With
Now practice with tongue twisters
I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking
you

He threw three balls.

Nothing is worth thousands of deaths

Thirty three thousand people think that this

Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
Stress in compound words
 Stress Patterns in compound words

• On the first part

• On both parts
 Stress on the first part
• If the compounds are made from 2 nouns.

• If the first part is V-ing.

Stress on the first part: If the compounds are made
from 2 nouns.
Stress on the first part: If the first part is V-ing
 Stress on both parts
• If the compound is an adjective
• If the first part describes the material of the
second part.
• If the first part tells us where the second part
is.
 Stress on both parts: If the compound is an
adjective
• Good-looking
• Old-fashioned
• Easy-going
• Dark-haired
• Eye-catching
Stress on both parts: If the first part describes the
material of the second part.
Stress on both parts: If the first part tells us
where the second part is.
1. The weather will be fine for the next three
days. Then, on Thursday, there’ll be some
rain in the North. The South will be dry and
sunny, but only about thirteen degrees.
2. Theater-both-together.
3. Thirsty-thanks.
4. These-mother-father-thirty-this-brother-
three-the-that-that-with-thumb-mouth