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Tongue twisters!

6/5/2015

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Tongue twisters are a fun way to practise English pronunciation! In case you've never heard of them before, tongue twisters are short sentences that are difficult to say, usually because they contain similar sounds that are difficult to pronounce.

Here's an example:

                    She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
                    The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure.
                    For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore
                    Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.


This is great to practise the difference between a "s" and a "sh" sound.


How about this one:

                    Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.

Repeat it as many times and as fast as you can! Helps with "r" and "l" sounds.


Another popular tongue twister is:

                    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 that Peter Piper picked?

And finally:

                    Betty Botter had some butter,
                    "But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
                    If I bake this bitter butter,
                    It would make my batter bitter.
                    But a bit of better butter,
                    That would make my batter better."
                    So she bought a bit of butter –
                    Better than her bitter butter –
                    And she baked it in her batter;
                    And the batter was not bitter.
                    So 'twas better Betty Botter
                    Bought a bit of better butter.

This one helps with vowel sounds.


Don't worry if you find these difficult - I do too!
You can find plenty more tongue twisters online. Here are just a couple of useful websites:

  • http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/50-tongue-twisters-improve-pronunciation/

  • http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters


Did you enjoy these? Which one did you find the most difficult? Write your answer in the "comments" section below!
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