How to pronounce: Though Through Thorough Thoroughly Thought

Though, through, thorough, thoroughly, thought. Can you say all of these words with confidence? If not, watch this video! I will show you how to pronounce these tricky words in under two minutes.

There are two ways of pronouncing the 'th' sound.

How do we pronounce the word 'though'? 
How do we pronounce the word 'through'? 
How do we pronounce the word 'thorough'? 
How do we pronounce the word 'thoroughly'? 
How do we pronounce the word 'thought'?

Three of the five words start with the letters th- and end with the letters -gh.
These five words are very important words and we use them every day.
They look quite similar but we pronounce them very differently.

THOUGH
Though I like the winter I prefer the summer.

THROUGH

You have to go through that door.

THOROUGH
He made a thorough job of his exam
revision.
Thorough means (like) 'total', 'proper'...
He did a very good job.
He made a thorough job of his exam revision.
His exam revision was thorough.

THOROUGHLY
If we put the letters -ly onto the end of 'thorough', it becomes 'thoroughly'.
He is a thoroughly awful person - like he is a totally awful person...

THOUGHT
If we put the letter -t on to the word 'though', it becomes 'thought'.

I thought that English was easy but it isn't.

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