/th/ Pair Dictation
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A SUPER DUPER EXAGGERATION EXERCISE
REALLY OVER DO IT. BE CRAZY!

THIS WILL HELP YOU FOCUS. RESEARCH FINDS THAT STUDENTS THINK THEY ARE EXAGGERATING ENOUGH, BUT THEY ARE NOT. WE NEED MORE, BIGGER, LOUDER!
Listen & Repeat

 

EXAGGERATED SUPER SLOW AND CAREFUL READING:
Practice repeating these sentences very slowly and carefully. Pay attention to each sound especially the /th/ sound and all word endings. You will be asked to record this in class, so practice.

Partner A

1. Is Sixth Street a north-south street?

2. I dropped Ruth's things on Keith's thick rug.

3. The eighth Swiss athlete was a youth full of strength.

4. Whiskey comes in bottles called fifths.

5. Grace always takes three aspirins.

6. The truth is, Meredith is glad the three of us think alike.

7. I read this thesis three times last Thursday.


Partner B

8. Spence threw three cents through the window.

9. Ruth sent for some theater tickets for next Thursday.

10. Sam thinks three kids live on North Seneca Street.

11. Smith's thinking of Beth's thirty thousand dollars.

12. The Swiss force withstood the fourth assault.

13. Keith keeps all records of births and deaths.

14. Cynthia had something to do on the seventh.