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Tongue twisters

English tongue twisters for pronunciation practice: say it slowly, then three times fast.

Pronunciation practice that makes everyone laugh. Say it slowly, then three times fast.

377 cards
Kids2 minFree

Sheep sleep in a ship.

Sounds: /ʃ/ and /s/; /iː/ and /ɪ/

A12 minFree

Red lorry, yellow lorry.

Sounds: /r/ and /l/

A12 minFree

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

Sounds: /skr/ and linking (I scream / ice cream)

A22 minFree

She sells seashells by the seashore.

Sounds: /s/ and /ʃ/

A23 minFree

Is the sock shop in the shoe shop, or is the shoe shop in the sock shop?

Sounds: /s/ and /ʃ/; /ɒ/ and /uː/

B13 minFree

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Sounds: /w/ and /tʃ/

B23 minFree

Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch.

Sounds: /r/ and /st/; /ʃ/ and /tʃ/

C13 minFree

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.

Sounds: /m/, /n/ and /dʒ/; word stress

C25 minFree

Amidst 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.

Sounds: /sts/, /sks/ and /st/ clusters

Kids2 minPremium

Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat!

Sounds: /ɔɪ/ and /əʊ/

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Pink pigs play ping-pong.

Sounds: /p/ and /ŋ/

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Good cooks cook good food.

Sounds: /ʊ/ and /uː/

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Chloe chooses cheese, not chalk.

Sounds: /kl/ and /tʃ/

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Hannah’s happy hamster hops.

Sounds: /h/ and /æ/

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Six fox cubs in a box.

Sounds: /ks/ and /ɒ/

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Draw a dragon in a dress.

Sounds: /dr/

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Ten fat cats sat on Ben’s bed.

Sounds: /æ/ and /e/

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Three thick thumbs and three thin thumbs.

Sounds: /θ/ and /ʌ/

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Big brown bears bake bread.

Sounds: /b/ and /br/

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Grey geese eat green grass.

Sounds: /gr/ and /iː/

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Ten tiny tigers tap their toes.

Sounds: /t/ and /aɪ/

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Mummy makes muffins on Mondays.

Sounds: /m/ and /ʌ/

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Fat frogs find five fresh flies.

Sounds: /f/, /fr/ and /fl/

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Six silly snakes sit in a sack.

Sounds: /s/; /ɪ/ and /æ/

About these tongue twisters

377 English tongue twisters for pronunciation practice, Kids to C2. Pronunciation practice that makes everyone laugh. Say it slowly, then three times fast. Pick a level, search the cards, or open one (or a whole level) in present mode for the projector.