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Consonant Sound Pair
Voiceless /Θ/ & Voiced /ð/

Sound-Spelling Pattern

Beginning of Words

Voiceless /Θ/
at the beginning of
Content Words
nouns, adjectives, verbs
Voiced /ð/
at the beginning of
Function Words

theater thread
thumb Thursday
three third thirteen
thirty thousand
thick thin thorough
think thought thanks
throw threw thrown
through

the
this that
these those
they them
than thus though

homophones
they're their there