Consonants / h ----- θ | ð /

Minimal pair       / h -----  θ | ð /                        145

                / h /                                  / θ | ð /

1.       hat                                        that

2.       his                                        this

3.                               health

4.                               wealth      

5.       hill                                        thrill

6.       hose                                     those

7.       *here                                    there

8.       high                                      thigh

9.       hen                                       then

Minimal pair       / t  -----  θ | ð/

                / t /                                   / θ | ð /

1.       tree                                       three

2.       tread                                     thread

3.       tin                                         thin

4.       *toss   / tɒs /                         those  /ðǝuz/

5.       ten                                        then

6.       taught                                   thought

7.       trill                                        thrill

8.       tank                                      thank

                        /θ/                   /ð/

                  *  breath /breθ/                     breathe  /bri:ð/

                    cloth     /klɒθ/                      clothes  /kləʊðz/, /kləʊz/

                    faith, truth,                           

                    health, wealth

                    thank  thaw, theatre      

                    theme                                   them

                    theory, thesis, thermo             father, mother, brother,

                    thin, thick, think, thing            this, that, these, those

                    thirsty, thirty, thought             then, they, them, though,

                    thorn, thousand, thrash          although,

                    thread, threat, three

The difference between the  / θ / and / ð / is that the speech sound / θ / is articulated with a stronger stream of breath than when you articulate the speech sound  / ð /.