A tongue-twister is a phrase or sentence that is difficult to say
because it contains many similar sounds. The object is to repeat it as many times as possible, as quickly as possible, without
mispronunciation.
They are often used to practice pronunciation. Read the following
tongue-twisters and try to repeat them many times.
Greek grapes.
Mixed biscuits.
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
A proper copper coffee pot.
Whistle for the thistle sifter.
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
I can catch cats, cats can´t catch me.
Freddy thrush flies thourgh thick fog.
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
The mink mixed a medicinal mixture.
Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers.
Which witch wished which wicked wish?
A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits.
Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the
slitted sheet I sit.
Jealous Johnny jumped over the jiggling jade jelly-fish.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if
a woodchuck could chuck wood?
She sells seashells by the seashore;
the
shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.
There's no need to light a night-light
on
a light night like tonight.
What's the number of trees that Thomas is going to cut
this Thursday?
Thomas is going to cut three trees this Thursday.
Three grey geese in the green grass grazing;
grey
were the geese and green was the grazing.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
where's
the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?
There was a lady in Niger
who went for a ride on
a tiger.
They returned from the ride,
with the lady inside,
and a smile on the face of the tiger.
A sailor went to the sea,
to see what he could see,
but all that he could
see
was the bottom of the deap blue sea.
I'm not a pheasant plucker,
I'm a pheasant plucker's son,
and I'm only plucking
pheasants,
till the pheasant plucker comes.
Tito and Tato were tattooed in total,
but Toto was only tattooed on his toe.
So Tato told
Tito where Toto was tattooed,
but Tito said Totos tattoo wouldnt show.
Charley is chary when choosing his cheeses
and cheese is a challenge when Charley
arrives.
When Charley is charming, he chooses a cheddar, then chews it and chips it and chops in some chives.
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 he doctor
the
doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?
How many cuckoos could a good cook cook,
if a good cook could cook cuckoos?
A
good cook could cook as many cuckoos as a good cook could,
if a good cook could cook cuckoos.
