Interview: Writing Questions

1. These questions are based on a real job interview. Answer them using your personal information and experiences, and try to be as much specific as possible. 

A. Tell me more about yourself. 

B. Based on your previous experiences, which was your biggest challenge, and how did you deal with it?

C. Which are your strengths and weaknesses?

/th/ Sound in English

Voiceless Sound

think

thin

things

thanks

thirty

Thursday

three

third

Voiceless TH in the middle of a word

bathtub

toothpaste

birthday

healthy

something

anything

Voiceless TH at the end of words

math

tooth

teeth

breath

fifth

earth

mouth

south

north

Voiced TH 

that

this

them

the

their

there

those

they

Voiced TH in the middle of words

father

weather

brother

mother

clothing

either

other

another

Exercise

1. Read aloud the following sentences. Pay attention to the voiceless and voiced pronunciation of the TH.

-I think it is Thursday.

-It is his thirteenth birthday today.

-They should ask their father or their mother.

-The other clothes are new.

-That thing is bigger than the other thing.

-My brother said the weather is warmer in the south than in the north.

Turning Thirty

Thelma's birthday was on Thursday and she couldn't decide how to celebrate. She was turning thirty and wanted this birthday to be special. 

One idea she had was going to a steak house. A thick juicy steak would be part of a perfect meal for her birthday. Going to the spa and getting a massage would be therapeutic. Of course, that can be expensive, so if necessary she could just take a warm bubble bath. 

Something she really wanted to do was sit outside and eat popcorn during a thunderstorm, but she couldn't control the weather, so she would keep that as a backup plan. She had always wanted to visit South America too, but would have to save her money for a trip like that. Thelma thought about a short trip she could take and remembered the zoo was close by. 

"The zoo had pythons, panthers, and a new mammoth exhibit, and those would be fun to see," she thought. All of this thinking was taking her strength. Thelma only had three hours of sleep last night because she had been up reading a case study for her ethics class. A moth had flown in her house and distracted her while reading. The distraction had kept her up later than she planned. 

Thelma thought for a minute and decided that she would take a nap. "Everything will fall into place on Thursday," she thought, "As long as I know what I want to do, everything will work out." She closed her eyes, her breath softened, and she fell asleep on her couch.