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Voiced /ð/

Definite article "the"

Listening Exercise

Print out this page. Listen to the audio.
Write the transcription for how the article is pronounced?

/ðə/ + consonant sound
/ðiy/ + vowel sound

the United States _____
the ink _____
the United Kingdom _____
the hour _____
the house _____
the room _____
the emperor _____
the assistant _____
the joke _____
the honor _____
the end _____
the only _____
the cloth _____
the weavers _____
the Bahama Islands _____
the loom _____
the unicorn _____
the one _____
the clothes _____
the bed _____
the apple _____
the uncle _____
the kingdom _____
the fabric _____
the states _____
the Philippine Islands _____
the New Yorkers _____
the honest person _____
the idea _____
the umbrella _____
the thread _____
the king _____
the Soviet Union _____
the minister _____
the night _____
the price _____
the uniform _____
the kingdom _____
the union _____
the hunt _____