TONGUE TWISTERS IN ENGLISH Flashcards
A sentence or series of words that is hard to say correctly is called a tongue twister in English.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
wood & chuck (means: throw)
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Sounds/words emphasized - P
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
Sounds/words emphasized - can
Frivolously fanciful Fannie fried fresh fish furiously
Sounds/words emphasized - f
To begin to toboggan first buy a toboggan, but don’t buy too big a toboggan. Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.
Sounds/words emphasized
b & t
She saw Sharif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure those were Sharif’s shoes she saw?
Sounds/words emphasized - s & sh
Give papa a cup of proper coffe in a copper coffe cup.
Sounds/words emphasized - c & p
Black background, brown background
Sounds/words emphasized - b
Seventy-seven benevolent elephants
Sounds/words emphasized - l & v
The chic Sikh’s sixty-sixth sheep is sick
Sounds/words emphasized - s & k
A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.
Sounds/words emphasized - l & r
A pessemistic pest exists amidst us.
Sounds/words emphasized - s & st
Drew Dodd’s dad’s dog’s dead.
Sounds/words emphasized - d
Which witch switched the Swiss wristwatches?
Sounds/words emphasized - w, s & ch
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Sounds/words emphasized - s & sh