This is an archive of common tongue twisters in English. Repeating these tongue twisters out loud over and over again is a good way for international students to practice their pronunciation. If you know of any NON-OFFENSIVE tongue twisters that you would like me to add to this archive, please send them to the following e-mail address: [email protected]
And now...the tongue twisters. Enjoy!
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She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with barest wrists and stoutest boasts, he thrusts his fists against the posts, but still insists he sees the ghosts.
I brought the blazer braid I bought to bind the blazer blue. The braid I bought was not too bright to bind the blazer blue.
Betty Botter bought some butter. "But", she said, "the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will 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 put it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter!
Black dog danced on the barn floor barefoot.
The bootblack brought the boot back.
Cheryl's chilly cheap chips shop sells Cheryl's cheap chips.
A clipper ship shipped several clipped sheep. Were those clipped sheep the clipper ship's sheep, or just clipped sheep shipped on a clipper ship?
Ted threw Fred three free throws.
Threadbare Fred feeds on fried fresh fish, fish fried fesh, fresh fried fish, fresh fish fried, and fish fresh fried, does threadbare Fred.
The gum glue grew glum.
I often sit and think and fish and sit and fish and think and sit and fish and think and wish that I could get a cool drink!
I shot three shy thrushes. You shoot three shy thrushes.
Quick kiss! Quicker kiss! Quickest kiss!
Today is Tuesday. Stew day is Tuesday. Tuesday, stew day, is today.
This is a zither. Is this a zither?
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