TONG TWISTERS IN ENGLISH.
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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!" cried 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 If dewdrops do drop dew? They do drop, they do As do dewdrops drop If dewdrops do drop dew.
When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing 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 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 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 golliwog. 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 thinks 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 warrior 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 to 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 sugar.
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 slide 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 still 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 troubles troubles till troubles 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 straws thatches.
The Leith police dismiss 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 thesetles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thesetles 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 Mr. 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 thesetles, thrust three thousand thesetles through the thick of his thumb. Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thesetles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thesetles, thrust not three thousand thesetles through the thick of thy 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, we won, we won, we won, ...
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 bloke"s back brake-block broke.
Red blood, green blood
A bloke'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 If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much 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 green.
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, grapes crush, 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 Sheriff's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sheriff'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 If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t? 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 shoe 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 shoe 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 rarely 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 these 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 sea-shore.
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 sword sheaths.
Suzie Seaword's fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thesetles 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 thesetles through the thick of his thumb.
Thick thistle sticks. Six thick thesetles 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 pluck mother pheasants. 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 Crackel pop, Snap Crackel pop, Snap Crackel 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 Not was 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.
[oι]
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 knows 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 smart fella. 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 dismiss us They thought we sought to stay; The Leith police dismiss us
They thought we"d stay all day. The Leith police dismisses 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 seeing sea ceaseth; thus the seeing sea sufficeth us.
She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sieve of unsifted thesetles and a sieve of sifted thesetles and the sieve of unsifted thesetles she sifts into the sieve of sifted thesetles because she is a thistle-sifter.
King Thistle stuck a thousand thesetles in the thistle of his thumb. A thousand thesetles King Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb. If King Thistle stuck a thousand thesetles in the thistle of his thumb, How many thesetles did King Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb?
Customer: Do you have soothers? 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 thought.
[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 grin
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 one too.
I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess’s fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccupping, and wildly welcoming him within.
Children's tongue twisters in English with translation will be interesting not only for children learning English, but also for those who simply love them. Tongue twisters are an ancient game, fun and very useful. It helps develop the speech apparatus and improve pronunciation.
We learn tongue twisters in English and Russian:
You need to pronounce tongue twisters in English, as well as in Russian, three or four times, no less - this is the condition of the game. The winner is the one who pronounces the tongue twister quickly and, of course, without mistakes.
1. A regular downpour broke out
And washed the plum-tree clean.
The rain poured down
I washed the plum.
2. The girl Vasiliska has eyes like a sly fox
And the fox’s eyes are like Vasiliska’s.
The Basilisk has the eyes of a fox,
And the fox has the eyes of a Basilisk.
3. We toddled along
Until we came to the poplar.
They stomped, they stomped,
We reached the poplar.
4. The tiny cat is sitting on the window-sill.
Baby cat -
On the window.
5. Ivashka wears a shirt with pockets.
Ivashka has a shirt with pockets.
6. Irina has dahlias
While Masha has daisies.
Irina has dahlias,
And Masha has daisies.
7. Garik was nibbling at a rusk.
Garik gnawed on a cracker.
8. Lyonya is under the maple tree.
Lenya at the maple tree.
9. Little birds are flying over the hut.
Little birds are flying over the hut.
10. Two lumberjacks were chopping wood.
Two woodcutters were chopping wood.
11. Arkhip became hoarse.
Arkhip is hoarse.
12. A fool’s cap has been made in a wrong way.
It needs to be re-fashioned.
The cap is not sewn in the Kolpakov style -
We need to repack it.
13. Mother washed Vanya in a bath.
Vanya's mother washed him in the bath.
14. Larissa cooked
Some rice soup for Boris.
Prepared by Larisa
For Boris, rice soup.
15. A round loaf rolled and rolled
And got into a box.
The bun rolled
Rolled into a box.
16. Make a sledge for Sanka.
Make Sanka a sled.
17. Daria and Maria are walking together.
Daria is happy to see Maria.
And Maria is happy to see Daria.
Daria and Marya are coming.
Daria is happy about Marya.
Marya is happy with Daria.
18. Four draftsmen were drawing a draft.
Drawings were drawn
Four draftsmen.
19. Senya was carrying a load of hay.
Senya was carrying a load of hay.
You can download tongue twisters in English with translation into Russian in the attachments.
Hello friends! You need to be able to speak not only correctly, but also quickly. We all remember many tongue twisters from childhood. native language. But there are not only Russians, but also English tongue twisters. In this lesson I suggest you learn how to use English tongue twisters which are good as for children and adults.
We bring to your attention tongue twisters of different difficulty levels, as well as grammatical tongue twisters, which will help you more easily remember some grammatical structures of the English language.
How to work with tongue twisters?
You need to start, of course, with the simplest tongue twisters. First you need to learn to read them slowly but correctly. Read them in a circle, gradually increasing the speed of pronunciation. The longer you practice each tongue twister, the better and clearer your English diction will be. Another advantage of tongue twisters is that you get used to the fact that English speech is fast. At first, you push yourself to “speak quickly” faster, then the tongue twister itself pushes you (when you learn it unnoticed by yourself). The more tongue twisters in your arsenal (or in the arsenal of your students), the better. After all, it is not necessary to study tongue twisters only in class. If during the day some tongue twister comes to your mind, repeat it, because in this way you, unnoticed by yourself, are learning English easily and naturally.
Lungs tongue twisters
Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, …
Six sharp smart sharks
Red lolly, yellow lolly
Great gray goats
A box of biscuits,
a box of mixed biscuits,
and a biscuit mixer.She said she should sit
Double bubble gum bubbles double
Freshly-fried frying fish
We surely shall see the sun shine soon
Not very difficult tongue twisters
One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they all felt smart
The batter with the butter is the batter that is better! (batter – dough)
Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood
The soldier’s shoulder surely hurts!
Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup (copper – copper)
If you notice this notice you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing
What noise annoys an oyster most?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster most. (oyster – oyster)While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington’s windows
with warm washing water
Difficult tongue twisters
Betty Botter bought some butter but, she said, the butter’s bitter.
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.
So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter,
put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
So 'twas better Betty Botter bought some better butter.(bitter - bitter)
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I’m sure she sells seashore shells
Whenever the weather is cold.
Whenever the weather is hot.
We'll whether the weather,
whatever the weather,
whether we like it or not.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.Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?Swan swam over the sea,
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again
Well swum, swan!
Grammar tongue twisters
Pronouns
I - he - she - it - we - you - they
Me - him - her - it - us - you - them
My - his - her - its - our - your - their
Mine - his - hers - its - ours - yours - theirs
Myself - yourself - himself - yourself - yourself - yourself - yourselves - yourself
I am - He is - She is - It is - We are - You are - They are
I was - He was - She was - It was - We were - You were - They were
Shall - will - should - would
I shall - He will - She will - It will - We shall - You will - They will
I should - He would - She would - It would - We should - You would - They would
Do - does
I do - He does - She does - It does - We do - You do - They do
Have - has
I have - He has - She has - It has - We have - You have - They have
IndefiniteInfinitive
(To do - To be done)
I do - I did - I shall do - I should do
It is done - It was done - It will be done - It would be done
Perfect Infinitive
(To have done - To have been done)
Tongue twisters in English are used not only by English teachers in the classroom, but also by speech professionals - television and radio presenters, actors, journalists. This is a great way to improve your diction and “warm up” your speech apparatus before a speech.
What is the use of tongue twisters in learning English?
Tongue twisters are not easy funny phrases and poems, but also a popular tool for practicing pronunciation. Here's how they work.
- When we begin to get used to foreign sounds, it is difficult to pronounce them, they are too unusual for the brain and speech organs.
- It is not enough to just know how sounds are pronounced; you need to practice pronouncing them so that the brain learns to form the necessary signals and the speech organs make the required movements.
- Tongue twisters are exercises that speed up this process.
You can, of course, learn pronunciation without tongue twisters, simply by reading aloud, listening to the speech of native speakers and repeating after them, but with tongue twisters it will be faster.
Tongue twisters are an exercise that is used not only in learning English as a foreign language. With their help, radio and television presenters, journalists, and people who need to speak a lot in front of the public develop clear diction. Tongue twisters in English are used in English-speaking countries when teaching (usually actors or journalists) certain accents.
Why are tongue twisters difficult to pronounce?
In English tongue twisters are called tongue twisters– literally “tongue braiders.” However, research by scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, has shown that it is not the language itself that is slurred, but, so to speak, the signals that the brain sends to the speech organs.
Speech is an extremely complex process. It begins in certain areas of the brain, from where signals are sent to the speech organs (tongue, vocal cords, etc.), which, making complex movements, produce the necessary sounds. The complex interaction of the speech organs can be compared to an orchestra, and the brain in this case plays the role of conductor.
Tongue twisters confuse not the musicians (speech organs), but the conductor (brain), who in turn gives the wrong commands and the result is “tonguing.” Confusion may occur due to the dense concentration of sounds similar in the way they are formed, for example:
Sally sells sea shells.
For us, native speakers of the Russian language, sounds that do not exist in the Russian language, for example, interdental consonants, are also difficult - instead of them the vaguely similar [z], [f], [s] are often pronounced:
Three free throws. Three free throws. Three free throws.
By the way, if you look for tongue twisters in English on English-language sites, you will find tongue twisters for practicing easy sounds, for example [b], which seem to make no sense to practice:
A big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!
I think they are designed for speakers of languages for whom English [b] is not as simple a sound as it is for us. Languages are still very different. It is difficult for us to read English “th”, the Japanese do not pronounce [l], and the English have difficulty explaining the sound [s].
Tongue twisters in English for practicing sounds
I have selected several videos with tongue twisters to practice pronunciation of different sounds. Below each video is the text of the tongue twisters.
We read the combination “TH”
Since there are no interdental consonants in the Russian language, the combination “th” is a big problem for us. These tongue twisters will help you solve it.
The video tutorial contains several short tongue twisters:
- I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
- He threw three balls.
- Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.
- He threw three free throws.
- This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.
- Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
- The seeing things sea ceaseth, thus the seeing things sea sufficeth us.
- Thirty three thousand people think that this Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
And one long one with the sound [w] and combinations of “th”:
Whether the weather be fine
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be not.
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not.
Sounds [W], [U]
The sound [w] is also uncharacteristic of the Russian language; beginners sometimes pronounce it by mistake as [v].
In this video, the announcer reads a tongue twister:
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck,
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
Maybe chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would.
That's if a woodchuck could chuck wood
And in this short tongue twister, the sound [w] alternates with [v], which makes it quite difficult:
- William always wears a very warm white vest in winter.
Sound [R]
One of common mistakes in pronunciation - the use of Russian [r] instead of English [r]. By the way, our “rrrr!” is also not easy for English speakers.
Helpful advice: if you have difficulty pronouncing consonants, try to practice pronouncing Russian words as if in English. For example, read “crayfish cut fish”, but with English [r]: crayfish cut fish.
Here is a tongue twister from this video:
Who ran across a rough road?
Ray Rag ran across a rough road. Across a rough road Ray Rag ran.
But where is the rough road Ray Rag ran across?
Sounds [P], [F]
The pronunciation of English [p] and [f] differs from their Russian counterparts not as much as [r]. If you don’t have a goal to achieve a pronunciation that is indistinguishable from the pronunciation, then you shouldn’t bother too much with these sounds. However, tongue twisters help not only to develop the pronunciation of individual sounds, but also to improve diction in general.
The video presents this tongue twister with the sounds [p], [f]. You may have encountered it in a different variation.
Here is your cup of coffee, professor
I want a proper cup of coffee,
Made in a proper copper coffee pot
We have tin coffee pot and iron coffee pot
Believe it or not,
Tin coffee pot and iron coffee pot
Are no use for me
But we don't have copper coffee pot,
Then I'll have a cup of tea.
And here is another well-known tongue twister with the sound [p], which is often practiced at school:
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?
But I would not recommend reading this tongue twister with a mixture of sounds at school. Its peculiarity is that when reading quickly you can get indecent phrases:
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate,
And I’m only plucking pheasants ’cause the pheasant plucker’s late.
I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s son,
And I’m only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come.
And a few tongue twisters for the sound [f]:
- Four furious friends fought for the phone.
- Fat frogs flying past fast.
- Five fat friars frying flat fish.
- There was a young fisher named Fisher who fished for a fish in a fissure.
- If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
Tongue twisters for practicing several sounds: [B], [D], [T], [S], and a number of vowels
Some tongue twisters in English are not built around one difficult sound, but combine several difficulties with vowels and consonants. These types of tongue twisters are the hardest to pronounce.
Children's tongue twisters in English with translation will be interesting not only for children learning English, but also for those who simply love them. Tongue twisters are an ancient game, fun and very useful. It helps develop the speech apparatus and improve pronunciation.
We learn tongue twisters in English and Russian:
You need to pronounce tongue twisters in English, as well as in Russian, three or four times, no less - this is the condition of the game. The winner is the one who pronounces the tongue twister quickly and, of course, without mistakes.
1. A regular downpour broke out
And washed the plum-tree clean.
The rain poured down
I washed the plum.
2. The girl Vasiliska has eyes like a sly fox
And the fox’s eyes are like Vasiliska’s.
The Basilisk has the eyes of a fox,
And the fox has the eyes of a Basilisk.
3. We toddled along
Until we came to the poplar.
They stomped, they stomped,
We reached the poplar.
4. The tiny cat is sitting on the window-sill.
Baby cat -
On the window.
5. Ivashka wears a shirt with pockets.
Ivashka has a shirt with pockets.
6. Irina has dahlias
While Masha has daisies.
Irina has dahlias,
And Masha has daisies.
7. Garik was nibbling at a rusk.
Garik gnawed on a cracker.
8. Lyonya is under the maple tree.
Lenya at the maple tree.
9. Little birds are flying over the hut.
Little birds are flying over the hut.
10. Two lumberjacks were chopping wood.
Two woodcutters were chopping wood.
11. Arkhip became hoarse.
Arkhip is hoarse.
12. A fool’s cap has been made in a wrong way.
It needs to be re-fashioned.
The cap is not sewn in the Kolpakov style -
We need to repack it.
13. Mother washed Vanya in a bath.
Vanya's mother washed him in the bath.
14. Larissa cooked
Some rice soup for Boris.
Prepared by Larisa
For Boris, rice soup.
15. A round loaf rolled and rolled
And got into a box.
The bun rolled
Rolled into a box.
16. Make a sledge for Sanka.
Make Sanka a sled.
17. Daria and Maria are walking together.
Daria is happy to see Maria.
And Maria is happy to see Daria.
Daria and Marya are coming.
Daria is happy about Marya.
Marya is happy with Daria.
18. Four draftsmen were drawing a draft.
Drawings were drawn
Four draftsmen.
19. Senya was carrying a load of hay.
Senya was carrying a load of hay.
You can download tongue twisters in English with translation into Russian in the attachments.
