260+ T Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Reading Passages

260+ T Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Reading Passages


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T Words


Beginning

teeth

tire

toast

toy

teacher

two

toad

tiger

turkey

taco

tool

tooth

toe

talk

towel

turtle

team

take

tall

taste

tub

touch

top

tongue

time

Middle

button

guitar

kitten

mittens

potato

eighteen

rotten

hotel

cotton

motel

(Hard "T" sound, can sound like "d" sound, depending on how you say it)

beauty

better

city

butter

little

butterfly

tomatoe

biting

Saturday

water

Ending

bat

boat

cat

fruit

goat

hat

coat

light

nut

chocolate

eat

bite

cut

cute

feet

get

sit

right

not

late

kite

hot

hat

wet

white

Initial T by Syllables


2
Syllable

table

taken

talent

teacher

teamwork

tennis

Texas

ticket

tiny

tired

tissue

toaster

today

toilet

tonight

toothpaste

towel

T-shirt

turkey

turtle

3
Syllable

tablecloth

talented

talkative

tangerine

teachable

teacher's aide

teddy bear

teenager

telephone

tennis ball

tennis court

tennis shoes

terrific

together

tomorrow

tornado

tortilla

typical

4
Syllable

table tennis

tape recorder

telephone book

telephone booth

telephone pole

television

temperature

territory

5
Syllable

technicality

tuberculosis

Medial T by Syllables


2
Syllable

batter

beauty

better

brighter

Britain

butter

button

cheetah

daughter

eating

guitar

heater

hotel

hotter

kitten

lettuce

photos

pretty

sweater

written

3
Syllable

attitude

beautiful

bike safety

bus saftety

huttonhole

computer

cottage cheese

excited

fairy tale

forgotten

hospital

hot water

invited

Jupiter

photograph

potato

Saturday

talkative

tomato

visitor

4
Syllable

alligator

baby sitter

beauty salon

boating safety

calculator

competitor

educator

elevator

escalator

peanut butter

potato chips

thermometer

United States

vegetables

vitamin C

walking safety

water safety

5
Syllable

denominator

deteriorate

hippopotamus

hot water bottle

hot water heater

potato salad

refrigerator

saltwater taffy

Final T by Syllables


2
Syllable

about

basket

Boy Scout

bracelet

closet

concrete

create

delete

exit

flashlight

forget

grapefruit

jacket

minute

parrot

peanut

pocket

quiet

rabbit

toilet

3
Syllable

accurate

alphabet

apricot

astronaut

calculate

celebrate

chocolate

coconut

cookie sheet

cowboy boot

educate

hibernate

incomplete

laundromat

parking lot

riverboat

roller skate

substitute

thermostat

violet

4
Syllable

accelerate

accumulate

cooperate

Easter basket

refrigerate

shopping basket

supermarket

unfortunate

5
Syllable


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Initial T Phrases and Sentences


dining table

crunchy taco

tall building

classroom teacher

soccer team

pretty teeth

tennis ball

big tiger

so tired

soft tissue

red tongue

green toothpaste

scary tornado

flour tortilla

bath towel

clean tub

male turkey

number two

They had dinner at the table.

He wants 3 tacos.

That building is so tall.

She is our 5th grade teacher.

The team has their first game today.

She has very white teeth.

Tennis is her favorite sport.

We saw a tiger at the zoo.

He is tired from working hard.

Blow your nose with a tissue.

Stick your tongue out and say "ahhh".

Using toothpaste will keep your teeth clean.

The tornado destroyed many homes.

Will you use a corn or flour tortilla?

The baby snuggled in his towel.

Hop in the tub before bed time.

A turkey sounds funny when it gobbles.

My address is two Bower Street.

Medial T Phrases and Sentences


big log

shrimp and butter

round button

solar calculator

fast cheetah

library computer

wonderful daughter

eighteen years old

elevator door

play guitar

big hospital

green lettuce

full potato

Saturday morning

red sweater

red tomato

basket of vegetables

pour water

He made the seat out of a log.

I dip my shrimp in butter.

I sewed my button onto the shirt.

He used his calculator in class.

A cheetah can run as fast as a car.

There was a computer for everyone.

The daughter loves her mother.

She was happy when she turned eighteen.

The elevator was going up.

Can I play your guitar?

We are going to the hospital tonight.

The farmer grows lettuce.

My baked potato smells good.

The game is on Saturday morning.

She will buy the red sweater.

Cut up one tomato and add it to the stew.

He picked the vegetables from his garden.

Cold water is refreshing on a hot day.

Final T Phrases and Sentences


hanging bat

fishing boat

nice cat

snow coat

Battery flashlight

fruit mix

baby goat

cowboy hat

rain jacket

high kite

hanging light

talking parrot

peanut shell

white pocket

be quiet

cute rabbit

sit down

write it down

The bat hung upside down in the tree.

They went out on the boat for a day of fishing.

The cat was going to sneak away.

The coat is for sale.

The flashlight lit up the room.

They had their choice of fruit.

The baby goat stayed by it's mom.

She left her hat in the barn.

She wore a rain jacket in case it rained.

The kite flew high.

Turn the light on please.

How does a parrot talk?

He took off the peanut shell.

He has nothing in his pocket.

Be quiet so we don't wake her up.

I see a rabbit in the grass.

She would sit and wait every day for the bus.

She writes in her journal every week.

T Reading Paragraphs


Terry's Taco House

Growing up in Texas can be hot in the summertime. Our family likes to get milkshakes to cool off. Tonight our family is going to get Texas toast, tacos, and milkshake's at "Terry's Taco House".

My dad came home from work last night and said he was craving a taco from Terry's. It is the most terrific taco place in town.

Everyone will get a taco except for my sister Tia, she will probably get a hamburger. Don't get me wrong, Terry's makes good hamburgers, but their tacos taste much better in my opinion. Tia just isn't a big taco fan.

Most of the time she would rather find an exit than eat a taco. But when she wants a taco, she gets really excited about it. She is like my dad. Dad doesn't want to eat tacos very often. But when he does, move out of his way because he will run faster than a cheetah to get a taco.

When we go to Terry's tonight, I will find us a table by the window. Terry's restaurant sits right next to a busy street and I like to watch different things that happen while we eat our tacos. I've watched people change their car tires, drive with towels on top of their car, and find a turtle in the grass.

I always look forward to being together with my family and eating at Terry's. It is fun.

Teaching Dreams

When I get older I want to be a teacher. It has to be the coolest job in the world. The trouble is that I want to teach every subject. There are so many things to teach about and I don't think schools will let teachers teach about everything.

So far my list of things I want to teach about include: Jupiter and planets, writing fairy tales, growing potatoes and tomatoes, playing tennis, boat safety, and working in a hospital. Last week our class learned about alligators - this made me want to teach about animals. Then this week, I have learned about tools and building and that makes me want to teach about construction.

My mom also asked me if I would like to learn to play the guitar a few days ago.

"Of course I do. I want to learn everything so I can teach anything," I said. I tell my parents about how cool teaching is all the time. They won't tell me, but I think they get tired hearing about all of the different things I want to teach about.

They tell me I should definitely become a teacher if I love it so much. My plan is to teach high school classes in six different subject areas. I am starting to prepare now by learning as much as I can. I read a ton. I do a lot of interviewing too. Asking people what they do has taught me so much about things I can teach.

Teacher Trouble

We had my teacher over for dinner on Saturday night. My mom said it was because we needed to make her our friend. But it was quite the disaster. Not quite as frightening as a tornado, but pretty close.

I took her coat and hat at the door and timidly showed her into the dining room to meet my dad, Tom. He stood up so quickly that he knocked his calculator and notebook off his lap and onto the carpet. He shook her hand and said, "Well now aren't you as pretty as a parrot. I'm sure my son is as bad as two - no ten, tigers in your classroom." And at that, I started choking on the peanuts I had taken from my pocket and stuffed in my mouth so I wouldn't have to talk.

I ran to the bathroom as quick as a cheetah and spit the peanuts into the tub. I was trying to wash them down with water, but I was still choking. There were tears in my eyes and my tummy started to turn. I turned around and spit the rest of the peanuts into the toilet. I quickly used some toothpaste to brush up and a tissue to wipe my face. I returned to the dining room and took my seat. Then the rest of the disaster happened.

My mom served tortillas filled with turkey, potatoes, lettuce, and butter. My teacher ate them with her tongue half-way out. I don't think she liked them. And for dessert we had what my mom calls, fruit tacos - fruit in a hard tortilla shell topped with tangerine syrup and fried in butter. They were actually pretty good. But on the last bite, my teacher turned green, swayed a little and fell on the floor.

We called the hospital and they came and got her. I took her coat and hat and laid them on top of her as they wheeled her out on a stretcher. I did not want anything left behind to remember this awful night when we had my teacher over for dinner.




This list of functional words was professionally selected to be the most useful for a child or adult who has difficulty with producing the "T" sound.

We encourage you to use this list when practicing at home.

Doing home practice will help your child make much faster progress toward correct production.

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are only able to see students/clients 30-60 mins (or less) per week.

This is not enough time for your child to overcome an articulation disorder with the "T" sound. But with high caseloads...

...it's all SLPs can do.

There's only so much time in the day.

Every day that your child goes without practice it becomes more and more difficult to correct an "T" error because he/she continues to say it incorrectly. 


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We know life is busy , but if you're reading this you're probably someone who cares about helping their loved one as much as you can.

Practice 5-10 minutes whenever you can, but try to do it on a consistent basis (daily).

Please, please, please use this list to practice.

It will be a great benefit to you and your loved one's progress.



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