TONGUE TWISTERS IN ENGLISH Flashcards

A sentence or series of words that is hard to say correctly is called a tongue twister in English.

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

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wood & chuck (means: throw)

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

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Sounds/words emphasized - P

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Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

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Sounds/words emphasized - can

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Frivolously fanciful Fannie fried fresh fish furiously

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Sounds/words emphasized - f

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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.

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Sounds/words emphasized

b & t

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She saw Sharif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure those were Sharif’s shoes she saw?

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Sounds/words emphasized - s & sh

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Give papa a cup of proper coffe in a copper coffe cup.

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Sounds/words emphasized - c & p

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Black background, brown background

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Sounds/words emphasized - b

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Seventy-seven benevolent elephants

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Sounds/words emphasized - l & v

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The chic Sikh’s sixty-sixth sheep is sick

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Sounds/words emphasized - s & k

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A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.

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Sounds/words emphasized - l & r

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A pessemistic pest exists amidst us.

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Sounds/words emphasized - s & st

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Drew Dodd’s dad’s dog’s dead.

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Sounds/words emphasized - d

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Which witch switched the Swiss wristwatches?

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Sounds/words emphasized - w, s & ch

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She sells seashells by the seashore.

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Sounds/words emphasized - s & sh

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