Tongue Twisters To Help Your English Pronunciation

Author: Mary Gillespie

Article to help English Speaking and English Pronunciation by Pronounce Pro American English Pronunciation Writing Staff.

Do you need a break from all the hard work you’ve been putting into learning English? Try these tongue twisters to give your tongue and pronunciation a workout. Don’t worry if you have trouble with these sentences: you’re supposed to. Even native English speakers find the pronunciation of tongue twisters a challenge. So don’t take these language games too seriously. If you find yourself laughing, that great! You might not even notice how much good pronunciation practice you are getting!

Here are just a few tongue twisters to start worth, but there are many more. You can even make up your own. Choose a sound you want to practice, and make up sentences using as many words as you can with that sound. Then challenge yourself and your friends to repeat the sentence 5 times without a mistake!

Good Luck!

Main Sound Practiced	Sentence for Pronunciation Practice
/s/ and /sh/	She sells seashells by the seashore.
/p/	Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
/s/ and /th/ (This one is really hard!)	Six thick thistle sticks.
/b/ plus vowel sounds	Betty Botter bought some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
/n/ and /oi/ (This one is great for practicing blending your words together in the sentence.)	A noisy noise annoys an oyster.