Elephant's Thick and Thin – Soft TH Words Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1 Language)

About This Worksheet

Read a short story with the elephant about thick books and a thumbs up. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Language worksheet gives young learners focused practice with soft th words, with a friendly elephant to guide them. It has a name, class and date box, a score box, and page 2 is a ready-to-use answer key for teachers and parents.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 4 activities worth 11 marks in total:

• Activity A: Reading a story with soft th words.
• Activity B: Odd one out without th.
• Activity C: Matching soft th pictures to words.
• Activity D: Writing a sentence with a soft th word.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Read soft th words in a story
• Answer questions about a story
• Match pictures to words
• Write a sentence

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Say each picture word aloud together before your child writes.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Check with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: poke your tongue between your teeth and blow soft air as you say the soft th. Colour in the elephant when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom phonics, homework, tutoring or home learning in IB PYP Grade 1 Language (Soft TH Words). Answer key included.