New Year's tongue twisters in English. English tongue twisters. Tongue twisters for practicing pronunciation of different sounds

Tongue twisters in English are an excellent tool for developing the correct articulation of the sounds of the English language and pronunciation. In order to get a real effect, tongue twisters must be spoken aloud, and not read “to yourself”.

Some tongue twisters on this page are very short and consist of only a few words, while others, on the contrary, are quatrains or even entire short poems. Try learning a few tongue twisters by heart with your child - it's fun and very useful for learning English.

Translation of tongue twisters is a thankless task, so do not try to translate them literally, many of them simply do not have a clear meaning. These tongue twisters train certain sounds of the English language, which children often confuse or do not know how to pronounce at all. Start with simple sounds ([k], [t], [u], [p], [e], [b], all diphthongs), and then try more complex sounds (for sounds [æ], [s]-[ ʃ], [θ], [ð], [r], [w]).

[æ]
A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.

[u], [k], [g]
How many cookies could a good cook cook
If a good cook could cook cookies?
A good cook could cook as many cookies
As a good cook who could cook cookies.

[p], [i], [e]
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

[s], [ʃ]
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines
And where she shines she sits.

[θ], [ð]
The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

[k]
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

[s], [θ]
Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.

[r]
Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

[k]
Clean clams crammed in clean cans.

[w]
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

[w]
Why do you cry, Willy?
Why do you cry?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy? Why?

[v], [w]
Very well, very well, very well...

[ʃ], [s]
She sells sea-shells at the sea-shore.
The shells that she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure.

[æ]
Black back bat.


The queen in green screamed.

[b], [e]
How many berries could a bare berry carry,
if a bare berry could carry berries?
Well they can't carry berries
(which could make you very wary)
but a bare berry carried is more scary!

[s], ,
Six slimy snails sailed silently.

[u], [ʌ]
Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.

[g], ,
The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.


On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

[f]
Fresh French fried fly fritters.

[i], , [l]
Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's.


What noise annoys an oyster most?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

, [e]
Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

[s], [ʃ]
Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, …

[b], [æ], [e]
The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

[s], [w],
There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

[t], [w]
Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

,
Clowns grow glowing crowns.

[æ], [i], [e]
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

[d]
When a doctor doctors a doctor,
does the doctor do the doctoring
doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or
does the doctor do the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

[w]
If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

[b], [ɔ]
Betty bought some bitter butter
and it made her batter bitter,
so Betty bought some better butter
to make her bitter batter better.

[s], [ʃ], [i],
I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.

[f]
Five fat friars frying flat fish.

[r]
Ray Rag ran across a rough road.
Across a rough road Ray Rag ran.
Where is the rough road Ray Rag ran across?

, [t]
A Tudor who toothed the flute
tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor
"Is it harder to toot or
to tutor two tooters to toot?”

[b]
A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.

, [w],
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck could chuck as much wood
as a woodchuck would chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

[p], [b]
Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.

[s], [ʃ]
The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!

[s], [w]
Swan swam over the sea.
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again.
Well swum, swan!

The topic of this article is English tongue twisters as a way to improve foreign speech.
Everyone knows Russian tongue twisters, and most of them are remembered from childhood. Forcing kids to learn short funny rhymes, parents develop their diction, pronunciation. In the same way, using simple and complex English tongue twisters and pure tongues can develop foreign speech. With their help, it is easy to get rid of the accent, improve speech. At the end of the article you will find, as well as English tongue twisters with translation - it is very important to clearly understand the meaning of the memorized texts for the development of speech and teaching a foreign language.
English tongue twisters develop a language, vocal cords for foreign pronunciation, improve speech, adjust the correct articulation of English sounds. A mandatory factor is the loud reading of phrases, because from the fact that we look at them with our eyes without saying aloud, the speech apparatus will not develop.

Working with tongue twisters in a foreign language is a great recipe for polishing pronunciation. Playing with rhymes in English always brings joy, here you can only work with humor, which is very important for children, because having fun is much more interesting than doing something serious. You should not overstrain the baby and demand that he memorize a dozen every day. English tongue twisters, the ideal option is to study a few rhymes per month. For variety, work with phonetic stories that sound similar.

Tongue twisters probably appeared when a person learned to speak. Kids are happy to learn funny rhymes, developing their speech. Nowadays, specialists are working on compiling tongue twisters and tongue twisters, developing difficult-to-pronounce phrases aimed at correcting the shortcomings of children's speech.

Cleanliness and tongue twisters useful not only for children. Adults also improve their pronunciation and learn English. Artists, presenters, announcers need this for work. Many work on the speech apparatus guided by the desire to be able to speak clearly and expressively in everyday life.

On our website you will find tongue twisters in English with translation into Russian different types and degrees of complexity. We also have tongue twisters for memorizing grammar, because English grammatical constructions are not always easy to learn.

How to achieve the best pronunciation result using English tongue twisters? First of all, in order to remember a phrase, you need to pronounce it slowly. Select a few rhymes you like and pronounce them in turn, each time increasing the pace of the conversation. Spend as much time as possible on each phrase, this develops clarity of speech. You get used to the speed of the English language. You need to constantly improve.

Interesting tongue twisters in English and English tongue twisters with translation into Russian.

A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies

I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.

Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said "this butter"s bitter! But a bit
of better butter will but make my butter better" So she bought some better
butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her butter better so "twas
better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter! - sent in by Nick ( warwickschool)


Black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black bug bit?

A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back.

If you understand, say "understand".
If you don't understand, say "don't understand".
But if you understand and say "don't understand".
How do I understand that you understand? understand!

I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

RED BULB BLUE BULB RED BULB BLUE BULB sent by geetha g (UAE)

"RED BLOOD BLUE BLOOD" sent by SANGEETHA GOPAL FUJAIRAH, U.A.E

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

if a sledering snail went down a slippery slide would a snail sleder or slide down the slide-By S.Walton

bubble bobble, bubble bobble, bubble bobble

These thousand tricky tongue twisters trip thrillingly off the tongue.

Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

Lala Gope Gappungam Das. sent by Vishal Jain..(Mumbai)

You curse, I curse, we all curse, for asparagus!

Kacha papaya pacca papaya Kacha papaya pacca papaya Kacha papaya pacca papaya.

Sanjeev's sixth sheep is sick sent by S.Raju ...(Cochin)

Double bubble gum, bubbles double.

Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought butter better to make the bitter butter better.

A sailor went to sea And all he could see Was sea, sea, sea.

A box of mixed biscuits, a mixed biscuit box.

Upper roller lower roller Upper roller lower roller..... sent by Poonam Damani ..(Guwahati)

Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People

If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch? ...sent by Richard Walsh.

SIXTH SICK SHEIK"S SIXTH SICK SHEEP sent by J. Qasmi (Qatar)

Which watch did which witch wear and which witch wore which watch? ..sent by Uncle Philly (USA)

Six slippery snails, slid slowly seaward.

I thought a thought.
But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, "If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellow What a fellow means?"

How much wood could a wood chuck; chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood..........sent by Kiran Grewal - USA

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Paresh P Patel plans to peel potatoes in Pune

An Ape hates grape cakes.

She sells sea shells on the sea shore she sells sea shells no more - By Sethna Hilla

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. And on a slitted sheet I sit. I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. The sheet I slit, that sheet was it.

Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.

SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE ,
BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS,
ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES- ANKITA DOSHI (MUMBAI).

A skunk sat on a stump. The stump thought the skunk stunk. the skunk thought the stump stunk. What stunk the skunk or the stump?

The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.

If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

baboon bamboo, baboon bamboo, baboon bamboo, baboon bamboo, baboon bamboo, baboon bamboo......

My Bhaiya buys black Bananas by the bunch.

The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

Daddy draws doors.Daddy draws doors.Daddy draws doors.

Do tongue twisters twist your tongue? by Sneha. A (New Delhi)

Friendly Fleas and Fire Flies

If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing. by Saachi Khatri (Mumbai)

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, FuzzyWuzzy wasn't very fuzzy... was he???

How many cans can a canner can, if a canner can can cans?
A canner can can as many cans as a canner can, if a canner can can cans.

How much wood could a wood chopper chop, if a wood chopper could chop wood?

If a black bug bleeds black blood, what color blood does a blue bug bleed?

If Freaky Fred Found Fifty Feet of Fruit and Fed Forty Feet to his Friend Frank how many Feet of Fruit did Freaky Fred Find?

Penny's pretty pink piggy bank

"When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor"s the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctor"s way"

A tutor who tooted the flute, tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
wheres the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Black bug's blood.

Crisp crusts crackle and crunch.

It "s not the cough that carries you off, it" s the coffin they carry you off in!

Tie a knot, tie a knot.
Tie a tight, tight knot.
Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.

Freshly fried fat flying fish

Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

Jolly juggling jesters jauntily juggled jingling jacks.

Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the king's kitchen.

Billy Button bought a buttered biscuit,

did Billy Button buy a buttered biscuit?

If Billy Button bought a buttered biscuit,

The sixth sick sheik "s sixth sheep"s sick.

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.


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[b]

Betty Botta bought some butter
“But, she said, this butter's bitter,
But a bit of better butter will make my batter better.”
So, she bought a bit of butter better than the bitter butter,
And it made her batter better.
So, it was batter Betty Botta's bought a bit of better butter.

A big black bug bit a big black bear
A big black bear bit a big black bug.

Bill Board had a board bill and a billboard.
Both the board bill and the billboard bored Bill Board.
So, Bill Board sold the billboard to pay his board bill and now
Neither the board bill nor the billboard will bore Bill Board.
black back bat

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

Bobby Bippy bought a bat. Bobby Bippy bought a ball. With his bat Bob banged the ball Banged it bump against the wall But so boldly Bobby banged it That he burst his rubber ball "Boo!" cry Bobby Bad luck ball Bad luck Bobby, bad luck ball Now to drown his many troubles Bobby Bippy's blowing bubbles.

Bake big batches of brown blueberry bread.

I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits. Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mixer and brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines. Said to be a diction test for would-be radio announcers: To be read clearly, without mistakes, in less than 20 seconds (from Coronet Magazine, August 1948).

[d]

Ken Dodd "s dad" s dog "s dead.

Dust is a disk's worst enemy.

How much dew does a dewdrop drop They do drop, they do As do dewdrops drop If dewdrops do drop dew.

When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor do the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor do the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

[f]

Four furious friends fought for the phone. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.

Love "s a feeling you feel when you feel you" re going to feel the feeling you "ve never felt before.

Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France .

Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.

East Fife Four, Forfar Five

It "s not the cough that carries you off, it" s the coffin they carry you off in!

[g]

A group of Greek gourmets agreed that the game under grapefruit juice was first-grade.

A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed gradually giving gophers gooey guts.

If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole.

Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.

In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen.

John, where Peter had had "had had", had had "had"; "had had" had had his master's approval.

The horses" hard hooves hit the hard highroad.

The hammerman hammers the hammer on the hard highroad.

When in high spirits, I eat honey and ham and hum happy songs.

[k]

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

If you can "t can any candy can, how many candy cans can a candy canner can if he can can candy cans ?

She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in. An actor "s vocal warmup for ips and tongue.

Chicken in the car and the car can go, that is the way you spell Chicago .

If colored caterpillars could change their colors constantly could they keep their colored coat colored properly?

How many cans can a canner can if a canner can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans.

[l]

Luke "s duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke" s duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

Yally Bally had a jolly gollywog. Feeling folly, Yally Bally Bought his jolly golli" a dollie made of holly! The golli", feeling jolly, named the holly dollie, Polly. So Yally Bally "s jolly golli" s holly dollie Polly "s also jolly!

Little Lady Lilly lost her lovely locket.

Lucky little Lucy found the lovely locket.

Lovely little locket lay in Lucy's pocket.

Lazy little Lucy lost the lovely locket.

[m]

Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.

There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.

Meter maid Mary married manly Matthew Marcus Mayo, a moody male mailman moving mostly metered mail.

[n]

Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.

You know New York. You need New York. You know you need unique New York .

Ninety-nine new-born babies need ninety-nine new napkins.

[ η ]

Don "t spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring next spring.

Mrs King is bringing something pink for Mr King to drink.

The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.

Thomas thinks of terrible things
And to the troubled teacher brings
Things that sing and things that sting
Things which swing and things which cling,
Things that ping and ring and fling
And of all these things think nothing.

[p]

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where is the peck of pickled pipers Peter Piper picked?

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, "tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.

Pete's pa Pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen.

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick.

People pledging plenty of pennies.

[r]

Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.

Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

Ray Rag ran across a rough road. Across a rough road Ray Rag ran. Where is the rough road Ray Rag ran across?

We gathered ripe red raspberries along the river road.

The three will probably drive across the Brooklyn Bridge.

[s]

Six slimy snails sailed silently.

Sixty-six sick chicks.

Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.

Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.

Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

When I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I ever saw, saw. If you "ve got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I" d like to see your saw saw.

I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.

A slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara.

I saw a saw in Arkansas , that would outsaw any saw I ever saw, and if you got a saw that will outsaw the saw I saw in Arkansas let me see your saw.

How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?

Mr. See owned a saw and Mr Soar owned a seesaw. Now See "s saw sawed Soar" s seesaw before Soar saw See.

Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.

Six twin screwed steel steam cruisers. Slick slim slippers sliding south.

Seven slick and sexy sealskin ski suits slid slowly down the slope.

You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!

[t]

Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit and twat, to learn the letter ""T"".

Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.

Never trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you!

Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy's Turtles tie.

But a harder thing still to do. What a to do to die today At a quarter or two to two. A terrible difficult thing to say But a harder thing to do. The dragon will come at the beat of the drum With a rat-a-tat-tat a-tat-tat a-tat-to At a quarter or two to two today, At a quarter or two to two.

I know a boy named Tate who dined with his girl at eight eight. I "m unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight or what Tate" s tete a tete ate at eight eight.

There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.

A Tudor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, ""Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?""

No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

Terry Teeter, a teeter-totter teacher, taught her daughter Tara to teeter-totter, but Tara Teeter didn't teeter-totter as Terry Teeter taught her to.

Two tried and true tridents rudder valve reversals

If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the Hottentot tot be taught to say ought or naught or what ought to be taught "er?

Never trouble troubles till trouble trouble you. It only doubles troubles and troubles others, too.

Tried tickling your tongue today?

[ Θ ]

Theo thrust a thumb through two or three thick straw thatches.

The Leith police dismisseth us.

A thatcher of Thatchwood went to thatchet a thatching.
If the thatcher of Thatchwood went to thatchet a thatching
Where is the thatching the thatcher of Thatchwood has thatched?

The Golden Legend.
A thousand faiths with the common dream.
A thousand tongues with the common thing.
A thousand thoughts with the single plan.
Peace on Earth and good will to man.

The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.
There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.
Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Thurber on Thursday.
I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
There those thousand thinkers were thinking where did those other three thieves go through.
Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of your thumb.
I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

He threw three balls.

[ ∫ ]

I wish you were a fish in my dish

Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in education because the chief occupation is cultivation.

Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.

National Sheepshire Sheep Association.

[t∫]

Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.

Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the temperature "s up or whether the temperature" s down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature "s rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the catcher who" s watching the pitcher who "s watching the balls.

[v]

Valor and virtue are opposed to villainy and vulgarity.

[w]

What, when, where and why are the words we require quite often when we want to ask questions.

Which is the witch that wished the wicked wish?

William always wears a very warm white vest in winter.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

If a woodchuck would chuck wood?

world wide web

Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.

Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why?

We won't, we won't, we won't, we won't, ...
While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.

I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.

Whether the weather is cold
or whether the weather is hot
we weather the weather whatever the weather
whether we like it or not

[z]

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?

A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!

This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.

Susie is kept busy visiting zebras at the zoo.

[ æ ]

That handsome man standing with his back to the track has a hat in his hand.

Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat.

Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she's sad. Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she's glad. But the sadness of her sadness, and the gladness of her gladness, Are nothing like her madness when she's mad!

[ 3 ]

Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia .

Eat with pleasure, drink in measure.

The passengers of the jet-engine airplane flying to Germany
were agitated having become hostages of the hijackers.

“It's hard to park such a large car in the dark”, Arthur remarked.

[Λ] - [a:]

Come, come, Stay calm, stay calm, No need for alarm, It only hums, It doesn't harm

[aι]

I "m driving rather nice with Nigel sitting by my side.

Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye. If cows could fly I "d have a cow pie in my eye.

To put a pipe in byte mode, type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE .

Kanta is a masai girl, she can tie a tie and untie a tie, if kanta can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can "t I tie a tie and untie a tie?

Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's.

[au]

The mouse that I found in our house was running around in the lounge.

[ Λ ]

The gum has come unstuck in the sun and the colors have begun to run.

[bl] [br] [b]

Black background, brown background.

Red Buick, blue Buick

Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli....

Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.

A black block's back brake-block broke.

Red blood, green blood

A block's bike back brake block broke.

Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.

Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.

One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.

[b][z]

Busy buzzing bumble bees.

[d] [b]

How much dough would Bob Dole dole if Bob Dole could dole dough? Bob Dole would dole as much dough as Bob Dole could dole, if Bob Dole could dole dough.

[dl] [tl]

[e]

My head got better when I went to bed at ten instead of eleven.

Eddie edited it.

Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.

[eι]

Mr Gray is waiting at the railway station for a train.

On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

Pail of ale aiding ailing Al's travails.

[e∂]

The square hairbrushes that I lost are nowhere, upstairs or downstairs.

[fl]

A fly and flea flew into a flue, said the fly to the flea "what shall we do?" "let us fly" said the flea said the fly "shall we flee" so they flew through a flaw in the flue.

A flea and a fly in a flue, were imprisoned. So what could they do? Said the fly, ""Let us flee"".
Said the flea, ""Let us fly"". So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Flies fly but a fly flies.

[fr] [f]

Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh.

[fr] [fl]

Fresh French fried fly fritters

Five fat friars frying flat fish.

Freshly fried fresh flesh

[fr] [fl] [θr]

He threw three free throws.

Fred Threlfall's thirty-five fine threads are finer threads than Fred Threlfall's thirty-five thick threads.

[g] [k]

How many cookies could a good cook cook A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

[ g ] [ k ] [ b ] [ d ]

A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!

Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood

Double bubble gum, bubbles double.

As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.

The big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!

Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.

A big black bear sat on a big black bug.

The big black bug's blood ran blue.

A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.

Black bug's blood

Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden?

[gl] [gr]

Green glass globes glow greenly.

Clowns grow glowing crowns.

Blue glue gun, green glue gun.

[gr]

The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.

How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?

Red blood, green blood

Great gray goats

Greek grapes. Greek grapes. Greek grapes.

[gr] [kr]

As he gobbled the cakes on his plate, the greedy ape said as he ate, the greener green grapes are, the keener keen apes are to gobble green grape cakes, they "re great!

Crush grapes, crush grapes, crush grapes.

[h] [g]

How many boards Could the Mongols hoard If the Mongol hoards got bored?

How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.

[i]

Fit six thin bricks into this big tin lid.

Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.

Thin grippy thick slippery.

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in. Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.

[i:]

We need tea for three, please, for Jean, Steve and me.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!

The queen in green screamed.

I eat eel while you peel eel

Denise sees the fleece, Denise sees the fleece. At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.

Sheena leads, Sheila needs.

Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs

[∫] [s]

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

She saw Sherif "s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif" s shoes on the sofa?

She had shoulder surgery.

I "m a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I" m the sleekest sheet slitter that ever slit sheets.

Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.

How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets?

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.

Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.

She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz.

Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...

The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!

How much sh*t can a sh*t slinger sling He "d sling as much sh*t as a sh*t slinger could If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t!

Supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio.

Preshrunk silk shirts.

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?

She stood by Burgess "s fish sauce shop welcoming him in.

Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ...

She sells sea shells on the sea shore; The shells that she sells are sea shells I "m sure. So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore, I" m sure that the shells are sea shore shells.

She sees seas slapping shores.

There once was a man who had a sister, his name was Mr. Fister. Mr. Fister's sister sold sea shells by the sea shore. Mr. Fister didn't sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. Mr. Fister told his sister that he sold six silk sheets to six shieks. The sister of Mr. Fister said I sold six shells to six shieks too!

Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.

Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop. All day long she sits and shines, all day long she shines and sits, and sits and shines, and shines and sits, and sits and shines, and shines and sits. Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop.

Santa's Short Suit Shrunk

I see a sea down by the seashore. But which sea do you see down by the seashore?

Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.

Silly sheep weep and sleep.

I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff.

Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities.

Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.

Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers Such skill as sewing shirts Our shy young sister Suzie shows Some soldiers send epistles Say they "d rather sleep in thistles Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Suzie sews.

Does this shop sport short socks with spots?

Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!

[∫] [s] [θ]

She sells sea-shells
On the seashore.
The shells that she sells
Are sea-shore shells, I'm sure.

Does this shop sell socks with spots?

Ashley is a shy fish.

Wishes don't wash dishes.

Sherwood is on a fishing expedition.

Three short swords.

Suzie Seaword's fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to sift.

[∫] [θ] [f]

Five fit fishers shipped six thick fish dishes.

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

A fat-thighed freak fries thick fish.

Six selfish shellfish.

Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle-sifter,
Sifted sixty thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stuck together.

[∫] [t∫] [s]

She sees cheese.

[ ι∂ ]

The bearded mountaineer has a fear of putting his beard into his beer.

Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear

[k] [b]

Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock.

How many berries could a bare berry carry, if a bare berry could carry berries? Well they can "t carry berries (which could make you very wary) but a bare berry carried is more scary!

[k] [kl] [kr]

How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

Clean clams crammed in clean cans.

Clowns grow glowing crowns.

Critical cricket critic.

[k] [n] [b]

How many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans? As many cans as a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans.

[k] [p]

If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that Pickford's packers packed survive for two and a half years?

Octopus ocular optics.

How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?

[k] [p] [f]

I "m not the fig plucker, Nor the fig plucker" s son, but I "ll pluck your figs till the fig plucker comes.

I am not a pheasant plucker, I "m a pheasant plucker" s son but I "ll be plucking pheasants When the pheasant plucker" s gone.

I am a mother pheasant plucker, I am a mother pheasant. I am the best mother pheasant plucker,
that ever plucked a mother pheasant!

I "m not the fig plucker, nor the fig pluckers" son, but I "ll pluck figs Till the fig plucker comes.

I am not the pheasant plucker, I "m the pheasant plucker" s mate. I am only plucking pheasants "cause the pheasant plucker"s running late.

I "m a mother pheasant plucker. I pluck mother pheasants. I" m the pleasantest mother pheasant plucker, That ever plucked a mother pheasant. Actually, ... I "m Not the pheasant plucker, I" m the pheasant plucker "s son. But I" ll stay and pluck the pheasants Till the pheasant plucking "s done!

A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.

[k][r]

When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. …

Snap crackle pop, snap crackle pop, snap crackle pop

How much caramel can a canny hiccupping cram in a camel if a canny hiccupping can cram caramel in a camel?

Craig Quinn's quick trip to Crabtree Creek.

[k] [s] [t]

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

I "m a sock cutter and I cut socks. I" m a sock cutter and I cut socks. I "m a sock cutter and I cut socks.

Knapsack strap.

If you "re keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts, buy a cunning stunning stunt kite.

Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.

A cat snaps a rat's paxwax.

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough ; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

Extinct insects" instincts, extant insects" instincts.

A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.

Federal Express is now called FedEx. When I retire I "ll be a FedEx ex. But if I" m an officer when I retire, I "ll be an ex Fedex Exec. Then after a divorce, my ex-wife will be an ex FedEx exec" s ex.
If I rejoin FedEx in time, I "d be an ex ex FedEx exec. When we remarry, my wife will be an ex ex FedEx exec"s ex.

[k][t]

If Kantie can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kantie can.

[ k ] [ t ] [ l ]

If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock or some joker who is slicker is going to trick you of your liquor if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock.

[k] [t] [p]

Old Mr. Hunt had a cuddy punt Not a cuddy punt but a hunt punt cuddy.

Mrs Hunt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat.

Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt. Not a punt cut square, Just a square cut punt. It "s round in the stern and blunt in the front. Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.

[ l ] [ m ] [ n ]

Aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum

Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.

lemon liniment.

[r][l]

On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

Red lolly, yellow lolly.

Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...

Rattle your bottles in Rollocks" van.

Really leery, rarely Larry.

Her whole right hand really hurts. difficult in Brazil

A lump of red leather, a red leather lump

Red leather, yellow leather, ...

Mallory's hourly salary.

Red lorry, yellow lorry.

Larry Hurley, a burly squirrel hurler, hurled a furry squirrel through a curly grill.

The little red lorry went down Limuru road.

The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver.

The rate collector correctly collected the late rates at a great rate.

Robert Rowley rolled a round roll round roll round.

[m] [n] [d3]

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

[m][r]

Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.

[ m ] [ r ] [ k ]

Mary Mac "s mother" s making Mary Mac marry me. My mother "s making me marry Mary Mac. Will I always be so Merry when Mary" s taking care of me? Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?

[n] [ju:]

Unique New York , unique New York , unique New York , ...

[n] [l]

Sheena leads, Sheila needs.

[n] [r]

Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.

[o]

The socks that the shop had got in stock were not what I wanted.

Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott. However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but Nott. So, Ed Nott was shot and that "s hot! Is it not?

Octopus ocular optics.

[o]

Joyce's boyfriend has the noisiest Rolls-Royce with a destroyed motor.

How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?

[o:]

George ought to draw up a short report on this morning's talk.

[ ∂: ]

Percy was the first to learn that the early bird catches the worm.

How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle? A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle.

[∂u]

Joan's boyfriend Joe knows that there is no snow in October.

No nose knows like a gnome's nose knows.

Coy knows pseudonoise codes.

What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. For Moses, he knowses his toeses aren't roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be.

[p] [r]

Pirates Private Property

How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.

[s] [b] [r]

Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...

[s] [n]

The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.

[s][t]

Send toast to ten tense stout saints" ten tall tents.

A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.

Stupid superstition!

If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.

If you understand, say ""understand"". If you don't understand, say ""don"t understand"". But if you understand and say ""don"t understand"". how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?

Admidst the mists and coldest frosts, With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts.

[s] [θ] [f]

One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. Four smart fellows, they felt smart. Five smart fellows, they felt smart. Six smart fellows, they felt smart.

A smart fella, a fella smart. It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart.

An elephant was asphyxiated in the asphalt.

[s] [v]

Seventy seven benevolent elephants

[sw]

Swan swam over the sea,
Swim, swan, swim.
Swan swam back again.
Well swum, swan!

Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards

[t] [b]

A turbot "s not a burbot, for a turbot" s a butt, but a burbot "s not.

Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, ...

[t] [g] [b]

Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

To begin to toboggan first, buy a toboggan. But do not buy too big a toboggan! Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.

[θ] [d]

Elizabeth "s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month

[θ] [s]

Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.

Six thick thistle sticks.

Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.

The Leith police dismisseth us The Leith police dismisseth us
They thought we "d stay all day. The Leith police dismisseth us, We both sighed sighs apiece;
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye Were the size of the Leith police.

A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.

Thin grippy thick slippery.

The seething sea ceaseth; thus the seething sea sufficeth us.

She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sieve of unsifted thistles and a sieve of sifted thistles and the sieve of unsifted thistles she sifts into the sieve of sifted thistles because she is a thistle-sifter.

King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb. A thousand thistles King Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb. If King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb, How many thistles did King Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb?

Customer: Do you have partners? Shopkeeper (thinking he had said ""scissors""): No, we don't have scissors.
Customer: Soothers! Shopkeeper: No, we don't have scissors or soothers.
... scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, ... actual conversation in a shop in Canada , recorded by Don Monson

This Christmas Susie sips cider.

Sometimes Santa thinks silly thoughts.

Strange strategic statistics.

Sister Susie sits and sews sailors" shirts.

[θ][t]

Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.

There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad, and a three toed, he toad, tree toad....

Tim, the thin twin tinsmith.

Thin sticks, thick bricks

Three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters. If three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters, where's the twisters the three tree turtles talked?

[t∫][r]

Richard's wretched ratchet wrench.

[t ∫ ] [w] [k] [d]

How much wood could Chuck Woods" woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods" woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods" woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods" woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods" woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a wooodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

[t∫] [w] [s]

There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich .

Which witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished?

Three witches watch three swatch watches. Which witch watches which swatch watch?

Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watches which Swatch watch switch?

Three swiss witch-bitches, which wished to be switched swiss witch-bitches, watch three swiss Swatch watch switches. Which swiss witch-bitch, which wishes to be a switched swiss witch-bitch, wishes to watch which swiss Swatch watch switch?

[t∫] [w] [s] [r]

Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.

I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.

Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?

Switch watch, wrist watch.

Irish wristwatch Irish wristwatch Irish wristwatch

[t] [n]

Tie a knot, tie a knot. Tie a tight, tight knot. Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.

[tw]

If a twist twists a twister, and the twist that twists the twister
Untwists the twister, what becomes of the twist?

A twister of twists once twisted a twist; A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist; If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist, The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.

Tie twine to three tree twigs.

A twister of twists once twisted a twist. and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist.
now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist, would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

[u]

The cook took a good look at the pudding and put sugar in it.

[u∂]

He was cured during his tour of Europe.

[u:]

Tuesday "s too soon to bring the new music stool into the school.

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?

[w][g]

Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, …

[w][r][l]

Willy's real rear wheel

Real weird rear wheels

Rolling red wagons

We're real rear wheels.

Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall

Willie's really weary.

A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.

We will learn why her lowly lone, worn yarn loom will rarely earn immoral money.

[ w ] [ r ] [ t ]

What a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister...

Wow, race winners really want red wine right away!

The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives.

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.

[w][s]

Esau Wood sawed wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. All the wood Wood saw, Esau sought to saw. One day Esau Wood "s wood-saw would saw no wood. So Esau Wood sought a new wood-saw. The new wood-saw would saw wood. Oh, the wood Esau Wood would saw. Esau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau Wood sawed wood.

[w][Θ]

Whether the weather is fine or whether the weather is not,
Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot.
We "ll weather the weather whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.

We wonder whether the weather will weather the weather
Or whether the weather the weather will kill.
Sweater weather, leather weather.

[w][v]

Very well, very well, very well … However, however. however…

[z][θ][v]

Here's a health to all those that we love.
Here's a health to all those who love us.
Here's a health to all those that love them
That love those that love us. (a toast)

The more we study, the more we know,
The more we know, the more we forget
The more we forget, the less we know
The less we know, the less we forget,
The less we forget, the more we know
Why study?

poems

To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock
In a pestilential prison with a life long lock
Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.

The bottle of perfume that Willy sent
Was highly displeasing to Millicent.
Her thanks were so cold
That they quarreled, I"m told
O "er that silly scent Willy sent Millicent

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted "cause the index doesn't hash,
Then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
"Cause as sure as I"m a poet, the sucker"s gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy"s getting sloppy on the disk,
And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
Then you have to flash your memory and you"ll want to ram your rom.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom!

There was a young man called Fisher
Who was fishing for fish in a fissure.
Then a code with a smile
Pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're searching the fissure for Fisher.

One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won't one too.

I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccupping, and wildly welcoming him within.


What are tongue twisters and why are they needed? Remember "Sasha walked along the highway." A little pun that's hard to pronounce. Yes, and remembering is not always easy - the words in tongue twisters are combined into sentences according to the meaning is very conditional. The phrases are paradoxical. But the main feature of tongue twisters is that they are difficult to pronounce quickly, since the sounds in words require a certain tension from the speaker.
Also, we advise you not to miss the opportunity to evaluate the selection.

Why are tongue twisters needed for those who learn English?

Learning English consists of several stages and includes the development of all language skills: from speaking and writing to understanding English by listening and reading. Correct pronunciation is an important part of learning a language. English tongue twisters can become a tool for practicing pronunciation. There are many sounds in English that are not in Russian. We pronounce some sounds differently. Often words can differ from each other only by one sound.

Compare:

  • live-
  • leave-

The words are so different in meaning, but pronounced the same way. In order for the British listening to you to understand correctly what you mean, it is worth working on pronunciation. Being interested in transcription, performing exercises for the development of speech, listening to audio lessons in English is not enough. The skill of pronunciation of sounds in different words must be brought to automatism. And for this, English tongue twisters are ideal.

What English tongue twisters are worth knowing?

Listening to English tongue twisters with translation for children or adults is good listening practice. But the best thing is to learn tongue twisters by heart and try to pronounce them out loud.

The algorithm for working with a tongue twister is simple:

  • read the text
  • check the translation of each word
  • do not delve into the study of the content of the tongue twister - it is meaningless and merciless
  • learn the pronunciation of each word
  • listen to the tongue twister performed by the native speaker (if possible)
  • say the tongue twister several times
  • learn the tongue twister by heart and try to pronounce it as quickly as possible and without pronunciation errors

Tongue twisters are an excellent tool for improving diction. Therefore, if you chose simple tongue twisters and could easily pronounce them, try to memorize complex ones.

Tongue twisters for practicing pronunciation of different sounds

We make sounds:

  • Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards
  • Which witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished?
  • I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
  • Tie twine to three tree twigs.
  • How much wood would a woodchuck chuck.

We pronounce labio-dental:

  • Flies fly but a fly flies.
  • Fresh French fried fly fritters.
  • Seventy seven benevolent elephants.
  • Very well, very well, very well … However, however. however…
  • Valor and virtue are opposed to villainy and vulgarity.
  • He threw three free throws.

We pronounce back-lingual and explosive:

  • A big black bug bit a big black bear, A big black bear bit a big black bug.
  • The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
  • Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.
  • A block's bike back brake block broke.
  • Dust is a disk's worst enemy.
  • How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle? A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle.

Saying post-alveolar

  • Great gray goats.
  • Really leery, rarely Larry.
  • Mallory's hourly salary.
  • Red lorry, yellow lorry.
  • Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
  • Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall.
  • On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

We pronounce sonorants

  • Pail of ale aiding ailing Al's travails.
  • Lucky little Lucy found the lovely locket.
  • Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
  • lemon liniment.
  • Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.
  • Tie a knot, tie a knot. Tie a tight, tight knot. Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.

We pronounce fricatives

  • Eat with pleasure, drink in measure.
  • I wish you were a fish in my dish.
  • Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.
  • Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.
  • Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.
  • Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!

A selection of interesting tongue twisters with stories

Patter "Peter Piper"

Most often, translating English tongue twisters into Russian is a dreary and thankless task. In the process of learning English, it is much more useful to listen to tongue twisters and try to repeat them, imitating the pronunciation and speed of native speakers. Language learning happens more harmoniously and effectively if you try to speak, rather than constantly translating. English speech is difficult for beginners, in this language there are too many sounds that are difficult to pronounce, both for adults and for children. There are children's tongue twisters that everyone can learn and pronounce. For example, "Peter Piper".

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Peter Trumpeter brought a bucket of pickled peppers
Peter Trumpeter brought a bucket of pickled peppers.
If Peter Trumpeter brought a bucket of pickled peppers,
That's where the bucket of pickled peppers that Peter Trumpeter brought.

Peter Piper was a real person, he was engaged in the cultivation of plants, including spices, in France. Spices (peppers) he decided to grow because they were very expensive in the European market. The Dutch were the monopolists at that time, it was they who imported cloves (cloves) and nutmeg (nutmeg) to Europe. Peter did not succeed in growing spices, as the Dutch turned out to be more cunning: they pickled spices with lime juice, so no one could use them as seeds. So not all tongue twisters contain children's funny stories.

Patter "She sells seashells"

The English language boasts a huge number of tongue twisters, this is perhaps one of the most famous.

She sells seashells on the seashore.
The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then, I'm sure
she sells seashore shells.

She sells sea shells by the sea
The shells she sells are sea shells, I'm sure.
Because if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then I'm sure she sells shells from the seashore
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This patter about a real girl is Mary Anning (1799-1847). Mary and her father loved to walk along the seashore and collect shells. At the age of 12, Mary found the skeleton of a huge animal. It turned out to be a dinosaur skeleton. Subsequently, Mary became one of the founders of paleontology. In 2010, the Royal Society included her name in the list of names of women who have made a significant contribution to science.

These tongue twisters help not only the development of the language, but also delight us with interesting stories. Practice with pleasure and in the name of growth and development!