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1. 62 easy English tongue twisters for beginners
Are you ready to tie your tongue in a knot? If so, take a look at these 62 tongue twisters.
We classified these tongue twisters as easy, as they’re quite rhythmic and easy to memorize. But they’ll still have you babbling like a baby
and rolling on the floor with laughter.
Tongue twister IPA
A big black bug bit a big black bear. / ə bɪg blæk bʌg ˈbɪt ə bɪg blæk ˈber /
A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. / ə ˈfli: ənd ə flaɪ ˈfluː ˈʌp ɪn ə ˈfluː /
A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped. / ə ˌhæpi ˈhɪpoʊ hɒpt ənd ˈhɪkʌpt /
A noisy noise annoys an oyster. / ə ˈnɔɪzi nɔɪz əˌnɔɪz ən ˌɔɪstər /
A proper copper coffee pot. / ə ˈprɑːpər ˌkɒpə ˈkɒfi ˈpɑːt /
A shapeless sash sags slowly / ə ˈʃeɪpləs ˈsæʃ ˈsæɡz ˈsloʊli /
A synonym for cinnamon is a cinnamon synonym. / ə ˈsɪnəˌnɪm fər ˈsɪnəmən z ə ˈsɪnəmən ˈsɪnəˌnɪm /
An ape hates grape cakes. / ən ˈeɪp ˈheɪts ˈgreɪp ˈkeɪks /
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.
/ ˈbeti botter ˈbɔːt səm ˈbʌtr̩ bət ˈʃi: ˈsed ðə butter's ˌbɪtə ɪf ˈaɪ ˈpʊt ˈɪt ɪn maɪ ˈbætər ˈɪt
ˌwi:l ˈmeɪk maɪ ˈbætər ˈbɪtər /

2. Betty bought butter, but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make
the bitter butter better.
/ ˈbeti ˈbɔːt ˈbʌtr̩ bət ðə ˈbʌtr̩ wəz ˌbɪtə soʊ ˈbeti ˈbɔːt ˈbetər ˈbʌtr̩ tə ˈmeɪk ðə ˌbɪtə ˈbʌtr̩
ˈbetər /
Billybob blabbered boldly. / billybob ˈblæbəd ˈboʊldli /
Black bug's blood. / blæk bug's ˈbləd /
Blue glue gun, green glue gun. / ˈblu: ˈɡluː ˈɡən ˈɡriːn ˈɡluː ˈɡən /
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? / kən ju kən ə kən əz ə ˈkænər kən kən ə kæn /
Cooks cook cupcakes quickly. / ˈkʊks ˈkʊk ˈkʌpkeɪks ˈkwɪkli /
Double bubble gum, bubbles double. / ˌdʌbl ˈbʌbl̩ ˈɡəm ˈbʌbl̩z ˈdʌbl̩ /
Eddie edited it. / ˈedi ˈedətɪd ˈɪt /
Eleven benevolent elephants. / ɪˈlevn̩ bəˈnevələnt ˈeləfənts /
Eleven elves licked eleven little licorice lollipops. / ɪˈlevn̩ ˈelvz ˈlɪkt ɪˈlevn̩ ˈlɪtl̩ ˈlɪkərɪʃ ˈlɑːliˌpɑːps /
Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree. / ˌɪˈlɪzəbəθ ˈhæz ɪˈlevn̩ ˈelvz ɪn hər ˈelm ˈtriː /
Four furious friends fought for the phone. / ˌfɔ:r ˈfjʊriəs ˈfrendz ˈfɔːt fər ðə ˈfoʊn /
Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread. / ˈfred ˈfed ˈted ˈbred ənd ˈted ˈfed ˈfred ˈbred /
Frivolously fanciful Fannie fried fresh fish furiously / ˈfrɪvələsli ˈfænsəfəl ˈfæni ˈfraɪd ˈfreʃ fɪʃ ˈfjʊriəsli /

3. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy,
was he? / ˈfʌzi ˈwəzi wəz ə ˈbeə ˈfʌzi ˈwəzi həd ˈnoʊ heər ˈfʌzi ˈwəzi ˈwɑːzənt ˈveri ˈfʌzi wəz hi /
Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup / ˈɡɪv ˈpɑːpə ə kʌp əv ˈprɑːpər ˈkɒfi ɪn ə ˌkɒpə ˈkɒfi kʌp /
Good blood, bad blood. / gʊ blʌd ˌbæd blʌd /
Greek grapes. / ˈɡriːk ˈɡreɪps /
Green glass globes glow greenly. / ˈɡriːn glɑ:s ɡloʊbz ˈgloʊ ˈɡriːnli /
He threw three balls through the tall trees. / ˈhi: ˈθruː θri: bɔ:lz θruː ðə ˈtɒl ˈtriːz /
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can? / ˌhaʊ kən ə ˈklæm kræm ɪn ə ˈkli:n ˈkriːm kæn /
How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many
cans as a canner can, if a canner can can cans.
/ ˌhaʊ məni ˈkænz kən ə ˈkænər kən ɪf ə ˈkænər kən kən ˈkænz ə ˈkænər kən kən əz
ˌmeni ˈkænz əz ə ˈkænər kən ɪf ə ˈkænər kən kən ˈkænz /
How many yaks could a yak pack, pack if a yak pack could pack yaks? / ˌhaʊ məni jæks kəd ə ˈjæk pæk pæk ɪf ə ˈjæk pæk kəd pæk jæks /
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? / ˌhaʊ ˈmʌtʃ ˈwʊd wʊd ə ˈwʊdˌtʃək ˈtʃək ɪf ə ˈwʊdˌtʃək kəd ˈtʃək ˈwʊd /
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen. / ˈaɪ sɔ: ə ˈkɪtn̩ ˈi:tɪŋ ˈtʃɪkɪn ɪn ðə ˈkɪtʃən /
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. / ˈaɪ sɔ: ˈsuːzi ˈsɪtɪŋ ɪn ə ˈʃu: ˈʃaɪn ˈʃɑːp /
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. / ˈaɪ ˈskriːm ju ˈskriːm wi ɔ:l ˈskriːm fər ˈaɪs kri:m /
I thought a thought, but the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. / ˈaɪ ˈθɔ:t ə ˈθɔ:t bət ðə ˈθɔ:t ˈaɪ ˈθɔ:t ˈwɑːzənt ðə ˈθɔ:t ˈaɪ ˈθɔ:t ˈaɪ ˈθɔːt /

4. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I
won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
/ ˈaɪ ˈwɪʃ tə ˈwɪʃ ðə ˈwɪʃ ju ˈwɪʃ tə ˈwɪʃ bət ɪf ju ˈwɪʃ ðə ˈwɪʃ ðə ˈwɪtʃ ˈwɪʃəz ˈaɪ woʊnt ˈwɪʃ ðə
ˈwɪʃ ju ˈwɪʃ tə ˈwɪʃ /
If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and
practically perfect.
/ ɪf ˈprækˌtɪs ˈmeɪks pərˈfekt ənd pərˈfekt ˈniːdz ˈprækˌtɪs ˈaɪm ˈpɝːfəktli ˈprækˌtɪst ənd
ˈpræktəkl̩i pərˈfekt /
If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch? / ɪf ˌtu: ˈwɪtʃəz wər ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ ˌtu: ˈwɑːtʃəz hwɪtʃ ˈwɪtʃ wʊd ˈwɒtʃ hwɪtʃ ˈwɑːtʃ /
If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing. / ɪf ju ˈnoʊtɪs ðɪs ˈnoʊtɪs ju ˌwi:l ˈnoʊtɪs ðæt ðɪs ˈnoʊtɪs ɪz nɑːt ˈwɝːθ ˈnoʊtɪsɪŋ /
Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen. / ˈkɪti ˈkɔːt ðə ˈkɪtn̩ ɪn ðə ˈkɪtʃən /
One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two
won one too.
/ one-one wəz ə reɪs hɔ:s two-two wəz wʌn ˈtuː one-one wɑːn wʌn reɪs two-two wɑːn
wʌn ˈtuː /
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. / ˈpiːtər ˈpaɪpər ˈpɪkt ə ˈpek əv ˈpɪkl̩d ˈpepərz /
Red blood, green blood. / ˈred blʌd ˈɡriːn ˈbləd /
Rubber baby buggy bumpers. / rʌbər ˌbeɪbi ˌbʌgi ˈbʌmpərz /
Santa's sleigh slid on the slick snow. / ˈsæntə ˈsleɪ sˈlɪd ˈɑːn ðə sˈlɪk ˈsnoʊ /
Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle / ˈsɪzərz ˈsɪzl̩ ˈθɪsl̩z ˈsɪzl̩ /
Seventy-seven benevolent elephants / seventy-seven bəˈnevələnt ˈeləfənts /
She sees cheese. / ˈʃi: ˈsiːz ˈtʃiːz /

5. She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping and amicably
welcoming him in.
/ ˈʃi: ˈstʊd ˈɑːn ðə ˈbælkəni ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbbi ˈmɪmɪkɪŋ ɪm ˈhɪkʌpɪŋ ənd ˈæmɪkəbli
ˈwelkəmɪŋ ɪm ɪn /
Sheena leads, Sheila needs. / ˈʃiːnə ˈliːdz ˈʃiːlə ˈniːdz /
Six Czech cricket critics. / ˈsɪks ˈtʃek ˈkrɪkət ˈkrɪtɪks /
Six sticky skeletons. / ˈsɪks ˈstɪki ˈskelətn̩ z /
Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters. / ˈsmeli ˈʃuːz ənd ˈsɑːks ˈʃɒk ˈsɪstərz /
Snap crackle pop. / snæp ˈkrækl ˈpɑːp /
The big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug
back. / ðə bɪg blæk bʌg ˈbɪt ðə bɪg blæk ˈbeə bət ðə bɪg blæk ˈbeə ˈbɪt ðə bɪg blæk bʌg ˈbæk /
Tie twine to three tree twigs. / ˈtaɪ ˈtwaɪn tə θri: tri: ˈtwɪɡz /
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.
/ tə bɪˈɡɪn tə təˈbɑːɡən ˈfɜ:st ˈbaɪ ə təˈbɑːɡən bət doʊnt ˈbaɪ ˈtuː bɪg ə təˈbɑːɡən ˈtuː bɪg ə
təˈbɑːɡən z ˈtuː bɪg ə təˈbɑːɡən tə ˈbaɪ tə bɪˈɡɪn tə təˈbɑːɡən /
Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat. / ˌtɔɪ ˈboʊt ˌtɔɪ ˈboʊt ˌtɔɪ boʊt /
Unique New York, unique New York. / juːˈniːk ˈnju: ˈjɔ:k juːˈniːk ˈnju: ˈjɔ:k /
Zebras zig and zebras zag. / ˈziːbrəz ˈzɪɡ ənd ˈziːbrəz ˈzæɡ /

6. 30 of the hardest English tongue twisters to improve your pronunciation
From Irish wristwatch to selfish shellfish, we've got 30 tongue twisters that will leave your mouth feeling like it just ran a linguistic
marathon. So, get ready to exercise those tongue muscles because things are about to get twisted!
Tongue twister IPA
A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. / ə ˌlɔɪəl ˈwɔːriər ˌwi:l ˈrerli ˈwɜːri ˈwaɪ wi ˈruːl /
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk
stunk.
/ ə ˈskəŋk ˈsæt ˈɑːn ə ˈstəmp ənd ˈθənk ðə ˈstəmp ˈstəŋk bət ðə ˈstəmp ˈθənk ðə
ˈskəŋk ˈstəŋk /
Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons—
balancing them badly.
/ ˈbrɪsk ˈbreɪv ˌbrɪɡəˈdɪəz ˈbrændɪʃt brɔ:d ˈbraɪt ˈbleɪdz ˈblʌndəbʌsɪz ənd ˈblʌdʒənz
ˈbælənsɪŋ ðəm ˈbædli /
Fresh French fried fly fritters. / ˈfreʃ ˈfrentʃ ˈfraɪd flaɪ ˈfrɪtəz /
He threw three free throws. / ˈhi: ˈθruː θri: ˈfri: ˈθroʊz /
How much ground would a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground? / ˌhaʊ ˈmʌtʃ graʊnd wʊd ə ˈɡraʊndˌhɑːɡ ˈhɑːɡ ɪf ə ˈɡraʊndˌhɑːɡ kəd ˈhɑːɡ ˈɡraʊnd /
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit. / ˈaɪ sˈlɪt ðə ʃi:t ðə ʃi:t ˈaɪ sˈlɪt ənd ˈɑːn ðə slitted ʃi:t ˈaɪ ˈsɪt /
If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross
coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
/ ɪf ju məst ˈkrɒs ə ˈkɔːrs ˈkrɒs ˈkaʊ əˈkrɒs ə ˈkraʊdəd ˈkaʊ ˈkrɒsɪŋ ˈkrɒs ðə ˈkrɒs
ˈkɔːrs ˈkaʊ əˈkrɒs ðə ˈkraʊdəd ˈkaʊ ˈkrɒsɪŋ ˈkerfəli /
Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie
/ ˌɪˈmædʒən ən ˌɪˈmædʒəˌneri məˈnædʒəri ˈmænədʒər ˈmænədʒɪŋ ən ˌɪˈmædʒəˌneri
məˈnædʒəri /

7. Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch. / ˈaɪˌrɪʃ ˈrɪˌstwɑːtʃ ˈswɪs ˈrɪˌstwɑːtʃ /
Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better. / ˈlesər leðər ˈnevər ˈweðərd ˈwetər ˈweðə ˈbetər /
Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in
lakes Luke Luck likes.
/ ˈluːks ˈdək ˈlaɪks ˈleɪks ˈluːk ˈlək ˈlɪks ˈleɪks ˈluːks ˈdək ˈlɪks ˈleɪks ˈdək ˈteɪks ˈlɪks ɪn
ˈleɪks ˈluːk ˈlək ˈlaɪks /
Pad kid poured curd pulled cod. / ˈpæd ˈkɪd ˈpɔːrd ˈkɝːd ˈpʊld ˈkɑːd /
Red lorry, yellow lorry. / ˈred ˈlɔːri ˈjeloʊ ˈlɔːri /
Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery. / ˈrɔːri ðə ˈwɔːriər ənd ˈrɑːdʒər ðə ˈwɜːriər wər ˈrɪrd ˈrɒŋli ɪn ə ˈrʊrəl ˈbruːəri /
Selfish shellfish. (Repeat many times) / ˈselfɪʃ ˈʃelfɪʃ /
Send toast to ten tense stout saints’ ten tall tents. / ˈsend toʊst tə ˈten ˈtens ˈstaʊt ˈseɪnts ˈten ˈtɒl ˈtents /
She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure those were Sherif's shoes she
saw?
/ ˈʃi: sɔ: sherif's ˈʃuːz ˈɑːn ðə ˈsoʊfə bət wəz ˈʃi: soʊ ʃʊə ðoʊz wər sherif's ˈʃuːz ˈʃi: ˈsɔː
/
She sells seashells by the seashore. / ˈʃi: ˈselz ˈsiːˌʃelz ˈbaɪ ðə ˈsiːˌʃɔːr /
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks. / ˈsɪks sɪk ˈhɪks ˈnɪk ˈsɪks sˈlɪk ˈbrɪks wɪθ ˈpɪks ənd ˈstɪks /
Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards / ˈsɪks sˈliːk ˈswɑːnz ˈswæm ˈswɪftli ˈsaʊθwədz /
Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she
shines. / ˈsuːzi ˈwɝːks ɪn ə ˈʃuːˌʃaɪn ʃɒp ˈhwer̩ ˈʃi: ˈʃaɪnz ˈʃi: ˈsɪts ənd ˈhwer̩ ˈʃi: ˈsɪts ˈʃi: ˈʃaɪnz /
The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday. / ðə thirty-three ˈθiːvz ˈθɔ:t ðæt ˈðeɪ ˈθrɪld ðə ˈθroʊn θruːˈaʊt ˈθɝːzdeɪ /

8. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick. / ðə ˈsɪksθ sɪk ˈʃiːks ˈsɪksθ ˈʃiːps ˈsɪk /
Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday. / thirty-three ˈθɝːsti ˈθʌndərɪŋ ˈθɝːoˈbredz ˈθəmpt ˈmɪstər ˈθɝːbər ˈɑːn ˈθɝːzdeɪ /
Three free throws. / θri: ˈfri: ˈθroʊz /
Top chopstick shops stock top chopsticks. / tɒp ˈtʃɑːpˌstɪk ˈʃɑːps stɒk tɒp ˈtʃɑːpˌstɪks /
Wayne went to wales to watch walruses / ˈweɪn ˈwent tə ˈweɪlz tə ˈwɒtʃ ˈwɑːlrəsəz /
Which wrist watches are Swiss wrist watches? / hwɪtʃ ˈrɪst ˈwɑːtʃəz ər ˈswɪs ˈrɪst ˈwɑːtʃəz /
You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York / ju ˈnoʊ ˈnju: ˈjɔ:k ju ˈniːd ˈnju: ˈjɔ:k ju ˈnoʊ ju ˈniːd juːˈniːk ˈnju: ˈjɔ:k /

What is the hardest tongue twister in the world?
Many people think English is one of the easiest languages to pronounce. And it might be true for you, depending on where you’re from
and how similar your native language is to English.
However, English pronunciation can be quite confusing and difficult. Take words like “rural” or “sixth.” They look pretty innocent at first
glance, but they’re actually one of the hardest words to pronounce in English.
Or take “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,” for example. This monster of a word is not only hard to pronounce, but it’s
also considered to be the longest word in the English dictionary.
And when it comes to tongue twisters… well, they’re designed to be hard to pronounce, but that doesn’t mean that some aren’t harder
than others. Here are the top 3 tongue twisters considered the hardest to pronounce in the world.
1. Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.

9. I don’t know about you, but I twisted my tongue into a knot, trying to pronounce this one. It’s actually been named the hardest tongue
twister to pronounce in the world by a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons — balancing them badly.
Don’t even get me started on this one! You really have to be a master of articulation and have trained your tongue to be extremely precise
with each sound to pronounce this one correctly.
3. Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
If you’re not a native English speaker, you likely find the English sound for “r” challenging to pronounce. Especially if in your native
language, the r rolls nicely.
Well then, while this tongue twister may not be as challenging for native English speakers, it surely is terrifying for non-native English
speakers. It also contains two of the hardest English words to pronounce - “rural” and “brewery.”
I asked ChatGPT to create original tongue twisters
It’s 2023. We’re in the era of AI. So, I decided to ask ChatGPT to come up with a list of 10 original tongue twisters in English that no one
has ever invented before.
Here’s what it came up with. What do you think? Some of them are pretty fun!
Tongue twister
Sounds it
emphasizes Pronunciation
Eleven elves eagerly ate eleven eggs, but each elf ate the eggs on the
eleventh hour of the eleventh day. /e/ and /l/
ih-lev-uhn elvz ee-ger-lee eyt ih-lev-uhn egz, buht eech elf eyt thuh egz on thih
ih-lev-uhn ahr uhv thih ih-lev-uhn dey.

10. A lazy lizard lounged on the lovely lavender leaves, licking its lips as it
lazily lounged. /l/ and /z/
uh ley-zee liz-uhrd lawndjd on thuh luhv-lee lav-uhn-der leevz, lik-ing its lips
az it ley-zuh-lee lounjd.
The red robin roosted in the rusted ruins of the old railway station,
ruffling its red feathers in the breeze. /r/, /d/, and /f/
thuh red rob-in roost-ed in thuh rus-tid ru-ins uhv thuh ohld rail-way stay-
shuhn, ruhf-ling its red fe-thuhrz in thuh breez.
The cheeky monkey chattered ceaselessly, chomping on chewy
chunks of cherries and chestnuts.
/ch/, /k/, and
/sh/
thuh chee-kee muhn-kee chat-erd see-seh-less-lee, chomping on chewy chunks
uhv cherries and chestnuts.
Slippery snails slither slowly over slimy stones in the stagnant stream. /s/ and /sl/
slip-uh-ree snaylz slith-ur slow-lee oh-vur slim-ee stoh-nz in thuh stag-nuhnt
streem.
A pack of pickled peppers pecked a peck of perfect pears, then
proceeded to party with the polite penguins in the park. /p/ and /k/
uh pak uhv pik-uld pep-urz peckt uh pek uhv pur-fikt pears, then pruh-seed-id
toh pahr-tee with thuh poh-lite pen-gwins in thuh park.
Six sleek sharks swam swiftly in a spiral, chasing the shimmering
schools of silvery sardines. /s/ and /sh/
siks sleek sharks swahm swift-lee in uh spy-ruhl, chay-sing thuh shim-ur-ing
skoolz uhv sil-vuh-ree sar-dines.
The flustered florist frantically fixed a faulty vase filled with fragrant
flowers before the fussy family arrived. /f/ and /l/
thuh flus-turd flor-ist fran-tik-lee fikst uh fawl-tee vays fil'd with fray-grunt
flow-urz buh-fore thuh fuss-ee fam-uh-lee uh-rahyvd.
Three twisted twigs twirled together in the treacherous tornado,
twirling and twisting tumultuously. /t/ and /tw/
three twis-ted twigz twirld toh-geth-ur in thuh trech-ur-uhs tor-nay-doh,
twirl-ing and twis-ting tuh-mul-chu-uhs-lee.
The yellow yoyo yawed yonder, yanking the young yodeller's yellow
yarn in the yard. /y/ and /a/
thuh yell-oh yo-yoh yawd yon-duhr, yang-king thuh yung yoh-dul-urz yell-oh
yah-rn in thuh yard.

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Ready to give your tongue a workout and see how well your tongue twister skills stack up? Put your money where your mouth is and give these 75
best tongue twisters a try.
From short tongue twisters for kids to long and hard tongue twisters for adults, this big list will keep you entertained and could help improve your
English pronunciation. Plus, there are tons of famous and funny ones to share with friends too!
Whether you complete these on your own to challenge yourself or if you have a tongue twister face-off with your family, this big list of the 75 best
tongue twisters will provide you with a mouthful of fun.
Tongue Twisters

15. Unsplash
1. Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
2. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
3. Top chopstick shops stock top chopsticks.
4. Selfish shellfish. (Repeat many times)
5. No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight.
6. Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat.
7. The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
8. Linda-Lou Lambert loves lemon lollipop lipgloss.
9. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
10. Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
11. He threw three free throws.
12. A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped.
13. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat. (Repeat many times)
14. A synonym for cinnamon is a cinnamon synonym.
15. One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too.

16. Hard Tongue Twisters for Adults

18. Unsplash
16. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
17. Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
18. Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
19. Which wrist watches are Swiss wrist watches?
20. Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
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21. The 33 thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
22. Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.
23. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
24. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
25. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
26. Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
27. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
28 . Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
29. Send toast to ten tense stout saints’ ten tall tents.

19. 30. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.
Funny Tongue Twisters for Kids

21. Unsplash
31. Betty’s big bunny bobbled by the blueberry bush.
32. Four furious friends fought for the phone.
33. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
34. Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
35. Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
36. If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.
37. An ape hates grape cakes.
38. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
39. How many yaks could a yak pack, pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
40. Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters.
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41. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
42. Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
43. Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.
44. Little Lillian lets lazy lizards lie along the lily pads.

22. 45. A shapeless sash sags slowly.
Short Tongue Twisters

24. Unsplash
46. Six Czech cricket critics.
47. Green glass globes glow greenly.
48. A proper copper coffee pot.
49. She sees cheese.
50. Red Buick, blue Buick (x3)
51. Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
52. Tie twine to three tree twigs.
53. A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
54. Six sticky skeletons (x3)
55. Fresh French fried fly fritters
56. Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.
57. Snap crackle pop (x3)
58. Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
59. Flash message (x3)
60. A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.

25. Long Tongue Twisters

27. Unsplash
61. Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
62. “Surely Sylvia swims!” shrieked Sammy surprised. “Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink.”
63. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons—balancing them badly.
64. She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in.
65. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines.
66. If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
67. 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.
68. If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect.
Famous Tongue Twisters for Kids & Adults

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69. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
70. She sells seashells by the seashore.
71. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
72. Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
73. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
74. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
75. 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.


129 Tongue Twisters in Alphabetical Order
Here’s a huge list of tongue twisters to play with, teach with, or just practice for yourself! I listed them in alphabetic order for ease of reading. Also, if one of the
tongue twisters is short, like one to three words, the idea is to repeat them multiple times over and over.
1. A big black bear sat on a big black rug.
2. A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
3. A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped.
4. A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.
5. A proper copper coffee pot.
6. A really leery Larry rolls readily to the road.

30. 7. A shapeless sash sags slowly.
8. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
9. A snake sneaks to seek a snack.
10. A synonym for cinnamon is a cinnamon synonym.
11. An ape hates grape cakes.
12. Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
13. Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.
14. 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 So ‘t was better Betty Botter bought some better butter.put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
15. Betty’s big bunny bobbled by the blueberry bush.
16. Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye. If cows could fly I’d have a cow pie in my eye.
17. Black back bat.
18. Blue bluebird.
19. Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons — balancing them badly.
20. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
21. Can you can a canned can into an un-canned can like a canner can can a canned can into an un-canned can?
22. Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.
23. Daddy draws doors.
24. Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
25. Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.
26. Eddie edited it.
27. Eleven benevolent elephants.
28. Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.
29. Flash message.
30. Four fine fresh fish for you.
31. Four furious friends fought for the phone.
32. Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
33. Fresh French fried fly fritters.
34. Fresh fried fish.
35. Friendly fleas and fireflies.
36. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
37. Give papa a proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee cup.
38. Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.

31. 39. Good blood, bad blood.
40. Green glass globes glow greenly.
41. He threw three free throws.
42. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
43. How many yaks could a yak pack, pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late.
47. I looked right at Larry’s rally and left in a hurry.
48. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
49. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop.
50. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
51. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.
52. 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.
53. I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you.
54. I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
55. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
56. If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect.
57. If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
58. If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.
59. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
60. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
61. Linda-Lou Lambert loves lemon lollipop lipgloss.
62. Little Lillian lets lazy lizards lie along the lily pads.
63. Lucky rabbits like to cause a ruckus.
64. Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
65. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.

66. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
67. No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight.

32. 68. Of all the vids I’ve ever viewed, I’ve never viewed a vid as valued as Alex’s valuable vid.
69. One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too.
70. Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
71. 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?
72. Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, ’tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
73. Pre-shrunk silk shirts.
74. Really leery, rarely Larry.
75. Red Buick, blue Buick.
76. Red lorry, yellow lorry.
77. Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
78. Rolling red wagons.
79. Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
80. Rory’s lawn rake rarely rakes really right.
81. Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
82. Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
83. Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
84. Selfish shellfish.
85. Send toast to ten tense stout saints’ ten tall tents.
86. She sees cheese.
87. 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.
88. She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in.
89. Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
90. Six Czech cricket critics.
91. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
92. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
93. Six sticky skeletons.
94. Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters.
95. Snap crackle pop.
96. So, this is the sushi chef.

33. 97. Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the 3D 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.
98. Specific Pacific.
99. Stupid superstition.
100. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
101. “Surely Sylvia swims!” shrieked Sammy surprised. “Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink.”
102. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines.

103. The 33 thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
104. The big bug bit the little beetle.
105. The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
106. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
107. The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
108. Thin sticks, thick bricks.
109. Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
110. Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat.
111. Three free throws.
112. Tie twine to three tree twigs.
113. Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.
114. Top chopstick shops stock top chopsticks.
115. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.
116. Truly rural.
117. Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
118. Two tried and true tridents.
119. Wayne went to wales to watch walruses.
120. We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
121. Which witch is which?
122. Which wrist watches are Swiss wrist watches?
123. Willie’s really weary.
124. Willy’s real rear wheel.
125. 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.

34. 126. You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York.
127. Green Greg greedily grifts a grail of green grapes to greet his grandkids.
128. Groggy Greg graciously gripes at the groovy groom to grease his grumpiness.
129. Greedy Greg gracefully grabs the grocery gristle to grip his gratin.


Funny Tongue Twisters
These funny tongue twisters are good for a laugh, challenging to repeat, and just plain
fun! Test your verbal ability and see if you can say these lines quickly without fumbling the
words or breaking out in laughter.
These lines are fun to repeat, and the faster you go, the harder it gets. Best of all, they
are amusing and will bring a smile to anyone trying to master them.
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The best, funny tongue twisters
1.) He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2.) Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy’s Turtles tie.
3.) Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

35. 4.) The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
5.) If colored caterpillars could change their colors constantly, could they keep their
colored coat colored properly?
6.) The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
7.) Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she
shines.
8.) Chester the Cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese.
9.) The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter ar rives.
10.) A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk
stunk.

36. Funny expressions to make kids laugh
11.) Which witch is which?
12.) Six slimy snails sailed silently.

37. 13.) I wish for a fish in my dish.
14.) I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.
15.) Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
16.) Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
17.) Pay the purple people eater.
18.) Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
19.) How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
20.) Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
21.) I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.
22.) Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters.
23.) Six socks sit in a sink, soaking in soap suds.
24.) The winkle ship sank and the shrimp ship swam.
25.) If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
26.) There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.

38. 27.) Linda-Lou Lambert loves lemon lollipop lipgloss.
28.) Frivolous fat Fannie fried fresh fish furiously.
29.) How much oil boil can a gum boil if a gum boil can boil oil?
30.) Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
31.) A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was the sea, sea,
sea.
32.) Four furious friends fought for the phone.
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39. Laughable locution challenges
33.) Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
34.) She sells seashells by the seashore.

40. 35.) I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
36.) I have got a date at a quarter to eight. I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late.
37.) Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. And, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy,
was he?
38.) 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
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
39.) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck would chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck
If a woodchuck would chuck wood.
40.) A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back
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41. Short funny tongue twisters
41.) Stupid superstition!
42.) Unique New York.
43.) She sees cheese.
44.) Willie feels really weary.
45.) Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.
46.) Four fresh fish for you.
47.) Ed had edited it.
48.) Six sticky skeletons.
49.) Nick knits Nixon’s knickers.
50.) Buckets of bug blood.
51.) Purple paper people.
52.) Ann and Andy’s anniversary is in April.
53.) Supposed to be pistachio.

42. 54.) World wide web.
55.) Thin sticks, thick bricks.
56.) Nine nice night nurses nursed nicely.
57.) Toy boat. Toy boat. And, Toy boat.
58.) Red Buick, blue Buick.
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43. Easy tongue twisters
59.) She threw three balls.
60.) The pirate’s private property.

44. 61.) Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.
62.) Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
63.) She threw three free throws.
64.) Which wristwatches are Swiss watches?
65.) I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
66.) A big black bear sat on a big black rug.
67.) Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
68.) A shapeless sash sags slowly.
69.) Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
70.) Background background, black, black , brown, brown.
71.) Two tried-and-true tridents.
72.) Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
73.) Eddie edited it so get the edit from Eddie.
74.) Fresh French fried fly fritters.

45. 75.) So, this is the sushi chef.
76.) One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart
fellows, they felt smart. Etc.
Hard expression challenges for adults
77.) High-tech traveling tractor-trailer truck tracker.
78.) Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
79.) Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary
menagerie?
80.) A synonym for cinnamon is a cinnamon synonym.
81.) Eleven benevolent elephants entered.
82.) Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.
83.) But she as far surpasseth Sycorax, as greatest does least.
84.) James, while John had had “had,” had had “had had”; “had had” had had a better
effect on the teacher.

46. 85.) A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plowman strode through the streets of
Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
86.) Craig Quinn’s quick trip to Crabtree Creek.
87.) Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
88.) She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably
welcoming him in.
89.) Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
90.) Aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum,
linoleum, molybdenum.
91.) The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
Hilarious tongue twisters in English
92.) Denise sees the fleece, Denise sees the fleas. At least Denise could sneeze and feed
and freeze the fleas.
93.) Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
94.) A slimy snake slithered through the sandy Sahara.

47. 95.) Clean clams crammed in clean cans.
96.) If Kantie can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can’t I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kantie
can.
97.) Fred fed Ted some bread, and Ted fed Fred some bread.
98.) There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go
through.
99.) Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
100.) Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
101.) I am not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s son, but I’ll be plucking
pheasants when the pheasant plucker ’s gone.
102.) I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
103.) Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
104.) One-one was a racehorse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two
won one too.
105.) She saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif’s shoes on
the sofa?

48. 106.) No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.
Very funny tongue twisters to make you laugh
107.) Singing Sally sang songs on sinking sand.
108.) A big black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big
black bug bit?
109.) If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and
practically perfect.
110.) Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
111.) Suzie Seaword’s fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to sift.
112.) I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I
won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.
113.) Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
114.) When she writes copy, she has the right to copyright the copy she writes.
115.) How much caramel can a canny canon ball cram in a camel if a canny cannonball can
cram caramel in a camel?

49. 116.) How many yaks could a yak pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
117.) Love’s a feeling you feel when you feel you’re going to feel a feeling you’ve never
felt before.
118.) How much dew does a dewdrop drop if dewdrops do drop dew? They do drop; they
do as do dewdrops drop if dewdrops do drop dew.
Funny tongue twisters quotes that tell a story
119.) A flea and a fly in a flue
Said the fly “Oh what should we do”
Said the flea” Let us fly
And said the fly”Let us flee”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
120.) 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

50. 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!
121.) Ed 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 Nott, Nott was shot.
But if the shot Shott shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott.
However, the shot Shott shot not Shott – but Nott.
So, Ed Nott was shot and that’s hot! Is it not?
122.) Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. But she said this bit of butter’s bitter. But a bit
of better butter mixed with this butter might just make my bit of bitter butter better. So
Betty bought a bit of better butter to make her bitter butter better.
123.) A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor

51. “Is it tougher to toot
Or to tutor two tooters to toot?”
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124.) 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 so much.
125.) Bobby Bippy bought a bat. Bobby Bippy bought a ball. With his bat, Bob banged the
ball. Banged it bumps against the wall. But so boldly Bobby banged it, that he burst his
rubber ball. “Boo!” cried Bobby. Bad luck ball. Bad luck Bobby, bad luck ball. Now to drown
his many trouble… Bobby Bippy’s blowing bubbles.
126.) Yally Bally had a jolly golliwog. Feeling folly, Yally Bally Bought his jolly golli’ a dolly
made of holly! The golli’, feeling jolly, named the holly dolly, Polly. So Yally Bally’s jolly
golli’s holly dolly Polly’s also jolly!
127.) A certain young fellow named Beebee
Wished to marry a lady named Phoebe
“But,” he said. “I must see
What the minister’s fee be
Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebee.”

52. 128.) 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.
129.) Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
shilly-shallied south.
These sheep shouldn’t sleep in a shack;
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
Pronunciation test
130.) She is a thistle sifter
and she has a sieve of sifted thistles,

53. and a sieve of unsifted thistles,
& the sieve of unsifted thistles
she sieves into the sieve of sifted thistles.
because she is a thistle sifter.
131.) If one doctor doctors another doctor
Does the doctor who doctors the doctor
Doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors?
Or does the doctor doctor the way
The doctor who doctors doctors?
132.) If a Hottentot taught
A Hottentot tot to talk
Ere the tot could totter,
Ought the Hottentot tot
Be taught to say ought or naught
Or what ought to be taught ‘er?
133.) 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.

54. 134.) A skunk sat on a stump.
The stump thought the skunk stunk.
The skunk thought the stump stunk.
What stunk the skunk or the stump?
135.) Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy
breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees’
cheese freeze. That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.
136.) You’ve no need to light a night-light
On a light night like tonight,
For a night-light’s light’s a slight light,
And tonight’s a night that’s light.
When a night’s light, like tonight’s light,
It is really not quite right
To light night-lights with their slight lights
On a light night like tonight.
Ones to make you chuckle
137.) 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!

55. As he gobbled the cakes on his plate, the greedy ape said as he ate, the greener green
grapes are, the keener keen apes are to gobble green gra pe cakes, they’re great!
138.) If Freaky Fred found fifty feet of fruit
And fed forty feet to his friend Frank
How many feet of fruit did Freaky Fred find?
139.) Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie
Pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of Pinch
Or framing his famed French finch photos?
140.) I cannot bear to see a bear
Bear down upon a hare.
When bare of hair he strips the hare,
Right there I cry, “Forbear!”
141.) Mary Mac’s mother’s making Mary Mac marry me. My mother’s making me marry
Mary Mac. Will I always be so merry when Mary’s taking care of me? Will I always be so
merry when I marry Mary Mac?
142.) What annoys an oyster?
What annoys an oyster?
Any noise annoys an oyster,
But a noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

56. 143.) Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that
the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in education because the chief
occupation is cultivation.


1. Funny Tongue Twisters for Kids
These funny tongue twisters for kids will make children laugh. They’re easy to remember, and kids can use them to challenge their
friends and family. The funniest part is the silly mistakes children will make when they try mastering these tongue twisters or attempt
to say them as fast as possible.
1. Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
2. A big black bug bit a big black bear.
3. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
4. Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
5. If cows could fly, I’d have a cow pie in my eye.
6. Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
7. Spread it thick, say it quick!
8. Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
9. Spread it thicker, say it quicker!
10. Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.

57. 11. Don’t eat with your mouth full!
12. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
13. Selfish shellfish.
14. Which witch is which?
2. Fun Tongue Twisters for Kids
These fun tongue twisters are easy to master. They’re a great way to help kids pronounce difficult sounds or words and gain
confidence. You can use them as a reading exercise for a class of first or second-graders who need to practice recognizing different
sounds.
1. The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
2. Red lorry, yellow lorry.
3. Eleven benevolent elephants.
4. I looked right at Larry’s rally and left in a hurry.
5. Four fine fresh fish for you
6. She sells seashells by the seashore of Seychelles.
7. I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late
8. She sees cheese.
9. Red Buick, blue Buick.
10. Fresh French fried fly fritters
11. I like New York, unique New York, I like unique New York.
12. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.

58. 13. Two tried and true tridents.
14. A big black bear sat on a big black rug.
15. Flash message.
16. We surely shall see the sun shine soon
17. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
18. Truly rural.
19. She sold six shabby sheared sheep on ship.
3. Challenging Tongue Twisters
The complexity of these tongue twisters encourages students to use their memory skills to remember them. These tongue twisters
require practice and focus. Kids will have fun challenging each other to say these tongue twisters and will feel a sense of
accomplishment once they master this list.
1. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick,
2. Pad kid poured curd pulled cold.
3. The top cop saw a cop top.
4. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
5. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
6. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
7. Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
8. 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.

59. 9. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines.
10. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
11. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
12. He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood,
13. As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
14. Betty bought a bit of butter.
15. But the butter Betty bought was bitter.
16. So Betty bought a better butter,
17. And it was better than the butter Betty bought before.
18. Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
19. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
20. Shilly-shallied south.
21. These sheep shouldn’t sleep in a shack;
22. Sheep should sleep in a shed.
23. Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.
24. No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight.
25. 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 so much.
26. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
27. She stood on the balcony,
28. Inexplicably mimicking him hiccoughing,

60. 29. And amicably welcoming him home.
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4. Easy Tongue Twisters
These easy tongue twisters for kids are fun for young children. They’re also ideal for students who are learning English as a second
language. They’re fun to practice with and will help students be more mindful of their pronunciation.

61. 1. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
2. Fuzzy Wuzzy
3. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
4. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
5. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
6. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
7. Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
8. Seth at Sainsbury’s sells thick socks.
9. Stupid superstition.
10. Santa’s Short Suit Shrunk.
11. Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
12. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
13. Ann and Andy’s anniversary is in April.
14. The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
15. She saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa?
16. He threw three balls.
17. Four furious friends fought for the phone.
18. A sailor went to sea to see what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
5. Interesting Tongue Twisters

62. We like these tongue twisters because they will get children thinking about English grammar and how the same word can have
different functions in a sentence. You can use them to illustrate a grammar lesson, to demonstrate the complexity of the English
language, or to get children to start thinking about sounds and rhythm in the context of poetry.
1. As he gobbled the cakes on his plate,
2. The greedy ape said as he ate,
3. The greener green grapes are,
4. The keener keen apes are
5. To gobble green grape cakes,
6. They’re great!
7. How much dew does a dewdrop drop
8. If dewdrops do drop dew?
9. As do dewdrops drop
10. If dewdrops do drop dew.
11. If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect.
12. 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.
13. If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded
cow crossing carefully.
14. Chester Cheetah
15. Chester cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese
16. If the chunk of cheese chunked Chester cheetah,

63. 17. What would Chester cheetah chew and chunk on?
18. The bottom of the butter bucket is the buttered bucket bottom.
19. Can you can a can? Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
20. Theophilus Thistle, the thistle sifter,
21. Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.
22. Doctor doctoring
23. 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?