How to Make the Sound?
Place the tip of your tongue between your upper and lower teeth. Don't put it between your lips. Make the sound by forcing air through the opening between your teeth and tongue.
Don't vibrate your vocal cords.

You will need the following for the files below:

• Watch this QuickTime movie on the word 'Thought' to see how to correctly make the 'TH' sound (894k).
• Minimal Pairs (178k) In this exercise, you will hear pairs of words that are the same except for one sound. In this case, TH is being compared to other similar sounds. Listen and compare.
• Try this Dictation to practice the differences between TH and other sounds.
• Here is the complete lesson from our workbook in MP3 audio , as well as the PDF version.
• Here's a video of Brian explaining the differences between the voiceless and voiced TH. (7.8mb)
• Listen, practice, and record your voice to have a conversation with a native speaker (microphone required).
• Practice these tongue twisters to improve your TH (microphone required).