Voiced and Voiceless TH

the /th/ sounds have basically the same position.

• place your tongue gently between your teeth.
• your lips are slightly pursed, sort of around your tongue
• allow some space between your teeth and around the sides of your tongue so air can pass through.

the difference is here. 

• for unvoiced /th/ ( /Ө/), simply blow air out between your teeth and around your tongue.
• for voiced /th/ (/ð/  ), add your voice to that position.

Drills

                                                 /Ө/                                                         /ð/                                                                  
               thin                                                            then            

     birthday                                                    brother

toothpaste                                                 father

bath                                                          bathe

/Ө/

1. Thin thinkers are thirsty for broth.

2. Open your mouth and say thank you.

3. April third is my birthday celebration.

/ð/   

1. Father and mother are with my other brother.

2. That's right, don't bother me.

3. There are thirteen mothers waiting there.

                                                                 Tongue Twister

 Although Samantha was very thorough with their thesis, they thought she loathed their thinking and threatened to throw her thesaurus on the path before it thawed.

Note: Some of these sentences are based or are from a website on the internet, which unfortunately I can't find anymore (my apologies). The tongue twister is from thesmallguidesite. Thank you so much!

           

Consonant Sound Clusters: BL and BR

For consonant sound clusters, or combinations of consonants, a lot of people usually have problems and r and l and paired. let's do the drills then, so you can review.

/BL/

• start with the /b/ position (lips pressed together)
• once you release the air that  is inside your mouth, move your tongue to /l/ position (tip touching the small circle behind your upper front teeth)

/BR/

• the same as above, start with the /b/ position
• release the air and at the same time, move your tongue and lips to /r/ position

review your r and l mouth positions here 

Ready for the drills?

bl                     br

bloom             broom

bling                 bring

blown            brown

bleed               breed

/bl/

1. The black boot is the black boot black's property.

2. Blooming flowers blazed under the blue sky.

3. Blend the blown balloons with the blue crayons.

/br/

1. Bright brown brats are back.

2. Breezy bright days are best.

3. Bring me the broom from the broom closet.

TONGUE TWISTER

Ring me when you've got the bling that you're gonna bring,
And you know you gotta ring me so I can let you in with the bling that you're bringing to my bling bringing party, you gotta give me a ring!

Tongue Twister credit: http://allpoetry.com/poem/1489287-Bl-Br-ing----a-tongue-twist-wbr-er--by-Autumn_Whisper