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Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve pronunciation and fluency. They can also help to improve accents by using alliteration, which is the repetition of one sound. They’re not just for kids, but are also used by actors, politicians, and public speakers who want to sound clear when speaking. Below, you will find some of the most popular English tongue twisters. Say them as quickly as you can. If you can master them, you will be a much more confident speaker.

  1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
    A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
    Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
  2. 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 will make my batter better
    So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
  3. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
    As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood
  4. She sells seashells by the seashore
  5. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
  6. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
  7. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop
  8. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines
  9. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
  10. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
  11. I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late
  12. You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York
  13. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
  14. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
  15. I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you
  16. I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch
  17. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear
  18. Eddie edited it
  19. Willie’s really weary
  20. A big black bear sat on a big black rug
  21. Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks
  22. He threw three free throws
  23. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely
  24. So, this is the sushi chef
  25. Four fine fresh fish for you
  26. Wayne went to wales to watch walruses
  27. Six sticky skeletons (x3)
  28. Which witch is which? (x3)
  29. Snap crackle pop (x3)
  30. Flash message (x3)
  31. Red Buick, blue Buick (x3)
  32. Red lorry, yellow lorry (x3)
  33. Thin sticks, thick bricks (x3)
  34. Stupid superstition (x3)
  35. Eleven benevolent elephants (x3)
  36. Two tried and true tridents (x3)
  37. Rolling red wagons (x3)
  38. Black back bat (x3)
  39. She sees cheese (x3)
  40. Truly rural (x3)
  41. Good blood, bad blood (x3)
  42. Pre-shrunk silk shirts (x3)
  43. Ed had edited it. (x3)
  44. We surely shall see the sun shine soon
  45. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
  46. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread
  47. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit
  48. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk
  49. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better
  50. Of all the vids I’ve ever viewed, I’ve never viewed a vid as valued as Alex’s engVid vid

100 Tongue Twisters to Perfect Pronunciation in English

Diana Lăpușneanu in Language Tips | August 23, 2019

Ready to have a laugh and twist your tongue into a knot?

Tongue twisters of all sorts and sizes have been helping people to perfect their pronunciation in English for decades. Although they don’t make a lot of sense, tongue twisters are very helpful in speech therapy due to their repeated sounds. For this reason, they are used by actors, politicians and even news anchors before going live. Essentially, a tongue twister works like a physical exercise: the more you practice, the better your pronunciation will be.

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a tongue twister is “a sentence or phrase that is intended to be difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly and often”. If you too want to improve or perfect your English pronunciation, dive into the complete list of English tongue twisters listed below: from short tongue twisters to tongue twisters for kids and hard tongue twisters to further challenge your pronunciation.

  1. Short tongue twisters
  2. Long tongue twisters
  3. Hard tongue twister
  4. Tongue twisters for kids
  5. Funny tongue twisters
  6. Tongue twisters with S, R, L and TH
  7. Learn a language in 5 minutes a day

Short tongue twisters

Before trying the hard English tongue twisters for champions who talk fast, let’s warm up your speech muscles with some short and fairly easy tongue twisters for beginners.

  1. Eleven benevolent elephants.
  2. She sees cheese.
  3. Six sticky skeletons.
  4. Truly rural.
  5. Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.
  6. Which witch is which?
  7. Willy’s real rear wheel.
  8. Send toast to ten tense stout saints’ ten tall tents.
  9. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
  10. Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
  11. A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped.
  12. English can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
  13. Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.
  14. Really leery, rarely Larry.
  15. Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
  16. A snake sneaks to seek a snack.
  17. I like New York, unique New York, I like unique New York.
  18. Six Czech cricket critics.
  19. Babbling baby boys blurted boldly.
  20. Which wrist watches are Swiss wrist watches?
  21. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
  22. An ape hates grape cakes.
  23. Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
  24. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
  25. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
  26. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
  27. She sells seashells by the seashore.
  28. Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
  29. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
  30. Billy Bob blabbered boldly.

Long tongue twisters

When it comes to long tongue twisters and talking fast, we can’t help but think about Eminem. Did you know that he raps with a whopping speed of 11.4 syllables per second in his song “Rap God”? We don’t know much about rap, but that sure sounds like something only the God of Rap could do.

But Eminem’s songs and long tongue twisters are challenging for those who are not ready for long runs. Are you? Can you defeat Eminem? Let’s find out. Take a deep breath and try saying the following tongue twister without stopping.

  1. All I want is a proper cup of coffee.
    Made in a proper copper coffee pot.
    You can believe it or not.
    But I want a cup of coffee from a proper copper pot.
    Tin coffee pots or iron coffee pots, they’re not good to me.
    If I can’t have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot, I’ll just have tea.
    All I want is a proper cup of coffee.
    Made in a proper copper coffee pot.
    You can believe it or not.
    But I want a cup of coffee from a proper copper pot.
  2. To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
    In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
    Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
    From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
    To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
    In a pestilential prison, with a life-long lock,
    Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
    From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
    A dull, dark dock, a life-long lock,
    A short, sharp shock, a big black block!
    To sit in solemn silence in a pestilential prison,
    And awaiting the sensation
    From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!
  3. Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter’s bitter.
    If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.
    But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.
    So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter,
    put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
    So ‘t was better Betty Botter bought some better butter.
  4. I’m a mother pheasant plucker, I pluck mother pheasants.
    I’m the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker to ever pluck a mother pheasant.
    I’m not the pheasant plucker I’m the pheasant plucker’s wife, I’ve been plucking Mother pheasants my whole pheasant plucking life.
    I’m not the pheasant plucker I’m the pheasant plucker’s mate, I’m only plucking Pheasants ’cause the pheasant plucker’s late.
  5. A tree-toad loved a she-toad
    Who lived up in a tree.
    He was a two-toed tree-toad,
    But a three-toed toad was she.
    The two-toed tree-toad tried to win
    The three-toed she-toad’s heart,
    For the two-toed tree-toad loved the ground
    That the three-toed tree-toad trod.
    But the two-toed tree-toad tried in vain;
    He couldn’t please her whim.
    From her tree-toad bower,
    With her three-toed power,
    The she-toad vetoed him.

  1. Mr. See owned a saw.
    And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.
    Now, See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw
    Before Soar saw See,
    Which made Soar sore.
    Had Soar seen See’s saw
    Before See sawed Soar’s seesaw,
    See’s saw would not have sawed
    Soar’s seesaw.
    So See’s saw sawed Soar’s seesaw.
    But it was sad to see Soar so sore
    just because See’s saw sawed
    Soar’s seesaw.
  2. Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not.
    So it is better to be Shott than Nott.
    Some say Nott was not shot.
    But Shott says he shot Nott.
    Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot,
    Or Nott was shot.
    If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot.
    But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott,
    Then Shott was shot, not Nott.
    However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott, but Nott.
  3. Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter,
    Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.
    If Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter,
    Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles,
    Where is the sieve of un-sifted thistles
    Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, sifted?
  4. A flea and a fly in a flue
    Said the fly “Oh what should we do”
    Said the flea” Let us fly
    Said the fly “Let us flee”
    So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
  5. Of all the felt I ever felt,
    I never felt a piece of felt
    which felt as fine as that felt felt,
    when first I felt that felt hat’s felt.

Hard tongue twisters

While we’re at it, we can help but wonder what the hardest tongue twister in existence is. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

At one point, “the sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick” held the Guinness World Record for the hardest twister, but since the category no longer exists, the title was probably revoked.

 

Don’t worry though! We are not running out of options. In 2013, MIT‌ researchers concluded that “pad kid poured curd pulled cod” is the hardest tongue twister in the world. In fact, Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel, an MIT psychologist, says you will get a prize if you manage to say that 10 times quickly. And not any kind of “quickly”. We’re talking super-sonic-Eminem-quickly!

  1. Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
  2. If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
  3. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons — balancing them badly.
  4. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
  5. Can you can a canned can into an un-canned can like a canner can can a canned can into an un-canned can?
  6. The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick.
  7. Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
  8. Ingenious iguanas improvising an intricate impromptu on impossibly-impractical instruments.
  9. I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop
    Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines.
  10. When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?
  11. These thousand tricky tongue twisters trip thrillingly off the tongue.
  12. Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
  13. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons—balancing them badly.
  14. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
  15. Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
  16. He threw three free throws.
  17. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
  18. Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
  19. Chop shops stock chops.

Tongue twisters for kids

Tongue twisters for kids are all sweet, fun, and games until you increase the speed. If you haven’t had enough training, even they can tie your tongue into a Gordian knot. Literally.

 

Take a little brother, sister, or your own kid, and let’s see who wins the challenge!

  1. Blue bluebird.
  2. Four fine fresh fish for you.
  3. Daddy Draws Doors.
  4. Three free throws.
  5. The big bug bit the little beetle.
  6. Friendly fleas and fireflies.
  7. Fresh fried fish.
  8. The raging ram runs ’round rugged Ricky to hit Mickey.
  9. Specific Pacific.
  10. Tommy tossed his twelfth tooth when it turned two times.
  11. Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
  12. Betty’s big bunny bobbled by the blueberry bush.
  13. Six sticky skeletons.
  14. Green glass globes glow greenly.
  15. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
  16. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
  17. Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
  18. I scream, you scream,
    We all scream for ice cream.
  19. Bouncing bed bugs borrowed blankets.
  20. Perspicacious Polly Perkins purchased Peter’s product
    And peddled pickles to produce a pretty profit!

Funny tongue twisters

Our all-time favorite: funny tongue twisters! You’d think all tongue twisters are funny, but nothing compares to this exclusive selection. In fact, you probably heard these ones before. Everybody calls them „funny” for a reason!

Don’t forget to challenge your friends!

  1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
    A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
    Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
  2. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
    if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
    and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
    if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
  3. She sells seashells on the seashore.
    The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
    And if she sells seashells on the seashore,
    Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
  4. Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
    If cows could fly I’d have a cow pie in my eye.
  5. How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.
  6. Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
    Spread it thick, say it quick!
    Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
    Spread it thicker, say it quicker!
    Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
    Don’t eat with your mouth full!
  7. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.
  8. Luke Luck likes lakes.
    Luke’s duck likes lakes.
    Luke Luck licks lakes.
    Luck’s duck licks lakes.
    Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.
    Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

 

Tongue twisters with S, R, L and TH

As we already mentioned, tongue twisters can be extremely helpful for speech therapy. If you are having problems pronouncing certain sounds like “s”, “r”, “l” or “th”, practicing with the right tongue twisters can ameliorate your speech impediment. Here are a few examples:

Tongue twisters with S

  1. She sells seashells by the seashore of Seychelles.
  2. “Surely Sylvia swims!” shrieked Sammy surprised. “Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink.”
  3. Selfish shellfish. (repeat it several times)

Tongue twisters with R and L

  1. Red lorry, yellow lorry.
  2. A really leery Larry rolls readily to the road.
  3. Rory’s lawn rake rarely rakes really right.
  4. Lucky rabbits like to cause a ruckus.
  5. I looked right at Larry’s rally and left in a hurry.
  6. Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.

Tongue twisters with TH

  1. The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
  2. I thought a thought.
    But the thought I thought
    Wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.
    If the thought I thought I thought,
    Had been the thought I thought,
    I wouldn’t have thought I thought.
  3. Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug – although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty-year-old thug thought of that morning.
  4. Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat.

The world-famous Peter Piper tongue twister first appeared in print sometime in 1813, in a book called “Peter Piper’s Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation”, though it is believed that it may have already been in common use by that time. Fast forward to today, people all around the world still love to have a laugh and twist their tongues with this rhyme and many others. And now you do too.


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Boring tongue twisters to improve diction

January 28, 2021LikbezOtdykh

Pronouncing tongue twisters is not only useful for the development of the speech apparatus, but also a lot of fun! There is no need to mumble about boring firewood and a cuckoo in a hood, when there are cool modern tongue twisters that cope with the task no worse than their Old Testament counterparts.

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Patter "b", "d"

  1. The exhibitionist has a small bicep.
  2. Beat the moron bodybuilder Danila.
  3. Brandenburg rhododendrons from the arboretum.
  4. In Kabardino-Balkaria valocordin from Bulgaria.

Tongue twisters for "t", "d"

  1. Konstantin stated the incident with the quartermaster and the precedent with the applicant.
  2. On the screw, you can see the views of the well-worn "Windows".

Tongue twisters with “r”

  1. Khariton has four crayfish and three newts in his aquarium.
  2. Get a job, it's hard to get a job without a job.
  3. Terminator does not require a thermometer. The terminator has subfebrile temperature.
  4. There is a parade in the yard, I am glad for the parade, I will go out to the parade, I will take my camera.
  5. The barbarian provider steals, the drivers are firewood, expel the provider.
  6. The chamber junker darted into the bunker.
  7. Forgot Pankrat Kondratov jack. Kondrat without a jack cannot be lifted on the tract by a tractor.
  8. In the depths of the tundra, otters in spats
    They dig into buckets of cedar kernels.
    Otter from an otter in the tundra gaiters,
    I'll wipe the otter's kernels of cedar,
    I'll wipe the muzzle of the otter with a gaiter,
    The otter - into the tundra, the kernels - into buckets!
  9. The launch has arrived at the port of Madras.
    A sailor brought a mattress on board.
    In the port of Madras, a sailor's mattress
    Albatrosses tore in a fight.

L tongue twisters

  1. Have you seen me in invisible? I wouldn't get out of an invisible.
  2. Linoleum faded, faded, poly-blended and faded.
  3. It is not clear whether the shares are liquid or illiquid.
  4. Do you have taxable grace?
  5. Is this colonialism?
    — No, this is not colonialism, but neo-colonialism!
  6. The depilated fillet was defiled on a fildepers defile.
  7. Once there was a case in distant Macau:
    Macaque koala in cocoa macala,
    Koala lazily lapping cocoa,
    Macaque macaque, koala hiccupping.

Tongue twisters for "r", "l"

  1. Admiral dev selected, measured and died.
  2. Vera knocks Valera out of a revolver.
  3. Banderlog gang is hungry in the lair and robbed naked by orcs.
  4. The prosecutor pierced the record with a hole punch.
  5. It would be nice to go to Prokhor's funeral.
  6. Karl stole a Maclaren from Clara, and Clara stole a Corvette from Karl.

Tongue twisters with "g"

  1. Geologist Georgy is the hero of gay orgies.
  2. A hunter of creatures with the head of a naked tin ox - holootin oxhead.

Hissing tongue twisters

  1. Shiva was walking along the highway, crushing existence, and Sasha was walking towards her, round sucking.
  2. In a hut, a yellow dervish from Algeria rustles silks and, juggling with knives, eats a fig.
  3. Dasha has whiskey in her pocket for Natasha.
  4. Announcement by means of broadcasting: "To all townspeople with things for a meeting."
  5. Sasha herself is perfection itself, and she is also improving herself!
  6. Even your neck, even your ears are stained with black ink.
    Get in the shower soon. Rinse mascara off your ears under the shower.
    Rinse the mascara off your neck under the shower. Dry off after shower.
    Dry neck, dry ears, and do not dirty your ears anymore.

Tongue twisters with "p"

  1. Popcorn bag.
  2. Once a jackdaw scaring a pop,
    I noticed a parrot in the bushes,
    And then a parrot says:
    “You scare the jackdaws, pop, scare.
    But, only jackdaws, pop, scaring,
    Don't you dare scare a parrot!

Tongue twisters for "v", "z"

  1. The platoon commander squealed with a brutal squeal.
  2. There was an overload of watermelons from body to body. In a thunderstorm, in the mud from a load of watermelons, the body collapsed.

Tongue twisters with “s”

  1. The orderly overtook the master of Instagram * with a hundred grams in an instant.
  2. Merchandisers lied - samovar sampling failed!
  3. Miley Cyrus fled from Mars, lathered on Sirius.

Tongue twister with "x"

  1. Ads of grips with coverage, and potholders without coverage were snapped up.

How to practice a tongue twister

  1. Do not try to quickly pronounce a tongue twister right away. First, read it aloud as slowly as possible and memorize each word.
  2. Then say the tongue twister several times, articulating the sounds exaggeratedly. You can do this to yourself: at this stage, your lips should simply remember every movement. If the tongue twister is long, break it into parts.
  3. As soon as you work out the articulation, start pronouncing the tongue twister in a whisper. Try to make sure that every sound is heard. Whispers should be quiet, but legible.
  4. Start saying the tongue twister slowly in full voice. Don't rush, the speed will increase over time.
  5. Determine which parts of the tongue twister are the most difficult for you, and practice them.
  6. Do not forget that you are repeating not just a set of words, but a sentence that has some meaning. Try to pronounce it with the appropriate intonation. You can try different options: say the tongue twister in a singsong voice, recitative, with expression.
  7. Gradually increase the pace.

Now choose the one that seems the funniest to you and go!

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selection for children and adults

Excellent tongue twisters for diction: Pxhere

Correct articulation is a prerequisite for high-quality interpersonal communication. To achieve the correct pronunciation of sounds, you need to train the speech apparatus. The best assistants in this matter are tongue twisters for diction. They are memorized and repeated with children, but they will also be useful to adults, especially those whose profession is related to rhetoric - teachers, announcers, actors, PR managers, etc. We offer a selection of tongue twisters with which you will achieve perfect articulation.

Tongue twisters for diction and speech in adults

The ability to correctly and beautifully express thoughts and emotions is an advantage that not all people demonstrate. Tongue twisters for diction train competent articulation in both adults and children. All this:

  • helps smooth communication - communication with colleagues at work, household members and friends in the company;
  • incorrectly pronounced sounds can irritate the interlocutor, while clear speech, on the contrary, increases the threshold of trust;
  • good diction will help you present yourself in a new environment and move up the career ladder faster;
  • excellent articulation will make speech clear - you will be able to convey your thoughts to the interlocutor without distortion.

Many people have a reasonable question, how to improve diction if problems with the speech apparatus have existed since childhood? Experts advise using tongue twisters for the development of speech, which will help people of any age to “talk”.

Large selection of tongue twisters for adults: Pxhere

Tongue twisters are phrases built on the principle of cacophony (a combination of difficult to pronounce sounds). They can be rhymed and non-rhyming, they distinguish between short tongue twisters and long ones, simple and intricate.

Experienced speech therapists have formed the rules for pronunciation of tongue twisters that will help you technically cope with the task:

  1. Realize the logical connection of the events described in the tongue twister. This helps to think faster when repeating a sentence.
  2. It is important to pronounce tongue twisters correctly and clearly, without skipping or swallowing individual words or sounds.
  3. The tongue twister is pronounced as quickly as possible. Each time the pace picks up.
  4. Say each tongue twister 3-5 times in a row to consolidate the effect.

Here are some tongue twisters for adult diction that will help develop the speech apparatus:

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The baker baked a loaf, a loaf, a bagel early in the morning.

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The merchandisers lied - samovar sampling was disrupted!

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Birch bark is full of cloudberries.

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The queen gave the cavalier a caravel.

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On a black night a black cat jumped into a black chimney.

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Sixteen mice walked and six found pennies, and mice, which is worse, noisily rummage around for pennies.

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Two puppies, cheek to cheek, pinch the brush in the corner.

The best tongue twister for clear diction: Pxhere

Complex and multi-component tongue twisters increase the load on the speech apparatus, but well relieve tongue-tied tongue:

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Barbara was picking grapes on Mount Ararat.

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Don't blow your lips on the oak, don't blow your lips on the oak.

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Beavers are brave, they go to forests, beavers are kind to beavers.

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Georgy Georgievich speaks to Grigory Grigorievich about Grigory Georgievich, and Grigory Grigorievich speaks to Georgy Georgievich about Georgy Grigorievich.

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Words of refined ligature have a great effect on us.

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They took off Nadezhda's colored clothes,

Without clothes Hope does not beckon as before!

Russian tongue twisters not only train speech well, but also help diversify a person's vocabulary with new concepts and terms. For example:

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In a hut, a yellow dervish from Algeria rustles silks and, juggling with knives, eats a fig.

Expressing thoughts intelligibly and with arrangement in front of a large audience or a specific interlocutor is an important skill not only for professional coaches and speakers, but also for ordinary people. The main thing is not to be lazy and do exercises with tongue twisters more often, increasing your level of speech.

Tongue twisters for diction for children

The best tongue twisters for children have been compiled since time immemorial. This is one of the oldest folklore genres that our ancestors used to entertain kids.

It is important for parents to understand the natural factors that affect the articulation of the child, and the reasons why certain tongue twisters are still difficult for him:

  1. The speech apparatus of a preschooler develops individually. No need to force the crumbs to pronounce tongue twisters.
  2. If the speech organs are lagging behind in development, then the child will try to replace sounds that are uncomfortable for himself with simpler and easier to pronounce.
  3. As a result, speech is deformed and problems with socialization begin: misunderstanding of peers, difficulties in expressing thoughts.

Why is it so important for children to learn and pronounce tongue twisters? There are a number of reasons for this:

  • tongue twisters train the imagination and imagination of the crumbs;
  • learning tongue twisters trains memory;
  • the child learns not only to speak, but also to listen carefully.

An experienced speech therapist can easily correct deviations in the pronunciation of certain sounds. For these purposes, experts have interesting tongue twisters, the pronunciation of which resembles a fun game.

Here are some fun variations for toddlers to learn at home:

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Yellow Russula Hedgehog

As happy as a squirrel with nuts.

Children's patter about friendship: Pxhere

A quarter of an hour chizh chizhihe

Sang ditties on ivy,

Black cat, big eccentric,

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Margarita collected daisies on the mountain, Margarita lost daisies in the yard.

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Larisa painted daffodils in watercolor. Natasha painted dahlias with gouache.

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Skinny and weak Koschei is dragging a box of vegetables.

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The mouse crawled under the lid to chew on the crumbs. The mouse is probably covered - the mouse forgot about the cat!

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Your sexton can't be repased by our sexton: our sexton will reassign your sexton, responsor.

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Glutton Zhora ate a hundred pancakes and a hundred cutlets for lunch. Zhora's stomach hurts. It's dangerous to be a glutton!

Children's tongue twister about lumberjacks: Pxhere

The sound [r] is considered the most difficult for articulatory reproduction. Therefore, from children one can often hear the sacramental “lyba” or “tlactol”. To effectively develop lips, teeth and tongue for good pronunciation, tongue twisters on [r] will help:

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The red crab shouts “Hurrah!”. It's time to cut the cake.

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The radish rarely grew in the bed, the bed was rarely in order.

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Borya gave toffee to Ira;

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The little crow has missed.

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Three chattering magpies chattered on the hill.

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Frol ripped the hem of the caftan,

Ripped, ripped -

And the hem did not tear.

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By the pond in the grass in the darkness crayfish rustle in a noisy fight.

Makar gave caramel to Roman,

And Roman Makar gave a pencil.

Do you want to improve your baby's diction in general while playing? The longest tongue twister will help in solving the problem:

Funny children's tongue twister about hedgehogs: Pxhere

No apricot, coconut, radish,

Halibut, vinegar, kvass and rice,

No compass, longboat and cable,

Thermos, press, Indian sailor,

No bass, no taste, no weight, no demand,

No interest, no question.

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Kira and Fira

In the apartment there was a feast in the apartment:

Fakir Zephyra and

Kefir Pil Fakir.

A Fira and Kira

Did not drink kefir,

They didn’t eat marshmallows —

They fed the fakir.

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Even your neck, even your ears are stained with black mascara. Get in the shower soon. Rinse mascara off your ears under the shower. Rinse the mascara off your neck under the shower. Dry off after shower. Dry neck, dry ears - and do not dirty your ears anymore.

Much easier to learn and reproduce rhyming tongue twisters. Due to the rhythm, they are easier to pronounce, kids like them with an intricate plot and playful situations:

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The boat has arrived at the port of Madras.

A sailor brought a mattress on board.

In the port of Madras, a sailor's mattress

Albatrosses tore in a fight.

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Once, Galki Pop Pugaya,

In the bushes, noticed a parrot,

and says a parrot here:

“Scare you GHOLOK, POP, PUGAY.


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