tongue-twisters

Задания для тренировки гласных звуков

Звук [i:]. Звук [i]

1. These trees need heat to keep them green.

2. Each teacher needs to be free to teach as he pleases.

3. The queen in green screamed.

4. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice-cream.

5. At least Denis could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.

6. Silly sheep weep and sleep.

7. It isn’t easy to please Lizzy.

Звук [e]

1. Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

2. Fred felt unwell.

3. Ted meant to spend the night in a tent.

Звук [ae]

1. Harry and Pat are standing hand in hand.

2. A fat cat sat on a mat and rapidly ate a rat.

3. Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she’s sad.

Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she’s glad.

But the sadness of her sadness, and the gladness of her gladness,

Are nothing like her madness

When she’s mad!

Звук [л]

1. Double bubble gum bubbles double.

2. An ugly monkey won.

Звук [а:]

1. After the party they started to argue.

2. What a fast car!

Звук [o]

1. Stop washing!

2. A little pot is soon hot.

3. Honesty is the best policy.

Звук [o:]

1. I saw a saw in Arkansas.

2. Paul snores worse than a horse.

We close the doors when he snores.

There ought to be laws to prevent such snores.

Звук [u]

1. Who took my cook-book?

2. How many cookies could a good cook cook

If a good cook could cook cookies?

Звук [u:]

1. You knew you’d choose Juliet.

Звук [u:]

1. Turn the first turning.

2. The girl learnt the verse.

3. Her third birthday is on Thursday.

Звуки-дифтонги

1. It rained and rained on that grey April day.

2. A white kite is flying in the sky.

3. Small boys like noise-making toys.

4. Mr. Brown was not allowed to go out of the house.

5. Moses supposes his toes are roses.

6. Your beard has nearly disappeared in your beer.

7. Give Claire a fair share of pear jam.

8. Can you cure her of curiosity?

Задания для тренировки согласных звуков

Звук [p]

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper pickled?

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Звук [b]

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.

Звуки [t], [w]

What a terrible tongue twister… (many times)

Звук [t]

Two tiny tigers take two taxies to town.

Звук [t]

Tie a knot, tie a knot.

Tie a tight, tight knot.

Tie a knot in the shape of a naught.

Звук [d]

When a doctor doctors a doctor, is the doctor doing the doctoring?

Звук [k]

If we keep quiet we may be lucky and see the cuckoo.

Звук [o]

I thought of thinking of thanking you.

Звук [o]

I thought a thought.

But the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.

Звуки [f], [s]

Elizabeth’s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

Звуки [o], [f]

Through three trees three free fleas flew.

Звуки [?], [s]

She sells sea shells on the sea shore.

Звук [w], [s]

I wish you were a fish in my dish.

Звук [h]

Hasn’t Henry given Harry a hint?

Звук [h]

Hilda Higgins’ husband has a horse.

Звуки [s]

Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.

Звуки [t], [o]

Thomas thinks of terrible things.

Звук [gr]

The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.

Звуки [v], [w]

Very well, very well, very well…

Звуки [w],[kr]

Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why?

Звук [w]

I wish to wash my Irish watch.

Звуки [w], [d]

Whether the weather be cold

Or whether the weather be hot.

We’ll weather the weather

Whether we like it or not.

Звук [w]

Where were we?

Звук [r]

Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

Звук [r]

When you write copy

You have the right to copyright the copy you write.

Звук [l]

Luke Luck likes lakes.

Звуки [m], [r]

Mary Mac’s mother is making Mary Mac marry me.

My mother is making me marry Mary Mac.

Звуки [or], [gr]

Three grey geese in the green grass grazing,

Grey were the geese and green was the grazing.

B

A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.

B

Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.

B-TT

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

B-TT

Betty Better bought some butter. "But," she said, "this 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 a bit of better butter and made her bitter batter better.

Bl-Bee

One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.

Ea

Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

F

There was a young fisher named Fisher who fished for a fish in a fissure.

F

The fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in; now they're fishing the fissure for Fischer.

Fl

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea, "Let us fly!" Said the fly, "Let us flee!" So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Gr-G

Great gray goats

M-N-G

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

Oi-Oy

What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

Ow

Clowns grow glowing crowns.

Pe-Pi

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

R-Wh

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.

S-Sh

The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!

S-W-Ch

There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

Sh

Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.

Sh-S-Sl

She sees seas slapping shores.

Si-Sea

Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.

Si-Sh

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

Si-St

Six stick shifts stuck shut.

Sl-Sh

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

St-Sk-Th

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk (thought) the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

Sw

Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again. Well swum, swan!

T

The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.

T-W-Ch

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

Tw

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

Tw-Th

A twister of twists once twisted a twist. and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist. now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist, would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.

W-Ch-Sh-Ck

Which witch wished which wicked wish?

W-One

One-One was a racehorse; Two-Two was one, too. When One-One won one race, Two-Two won one, too.

W-Th

Whenever the weather is cold.

Whenever the weather is hot.

We'll whether the weather,

whatever the weather,

whether we like it or not.

Thirty thousand thoughtless boys thought they'd make a thundering noise, so with their thirty thousand thumbs they thumbed thirty thousand drums.

A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!

Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.

How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies?

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?

Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter "T".

The little red lorry went down Limuru road.

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.

Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye. If cows could fly I'd have a cow pie in my eye.

A twister of twists once twisted a twist; A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist; If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist, The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.

Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.

Four furious friends fought for the phone.

Bobby Bippy bought a bat. Bobby Bippy bought a ball. With his bat Bob banged the ball Banged it bump 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 troubles Bobby Bippy's blowing bubbles.

Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why?

Sorry the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.

When I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I ever saw, saw. If you've got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I'd like to see your saw saw.

Английские скороговорки

What noise annoys an oyster most?

A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.

Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.

Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

She slits the sheet she sits on.

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

A twister of twists once twisted a twist. and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist. now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist,  would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.

Red lolly, yellow lolly.

I am a mother pheasant plucker,

I pluck mother pheasants.

I am the best mother pheasant plucker,

that ever plucked a mother pheasant!

Mrs Hunt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat.

Knapsack strap.

Where Molly had had "had had", "had had" had had the teacher's approval.

Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.

Great gray goats

Whenever the weather is cold.

Whenever the weather is hot.

We'll weather the weather,

whatever the weather,

whether we like it or not.

Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

One smart man, he felt smart.

Two smart men, they both felt smart.

Three smart men, they all felt smart.

If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker

it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock

or some joker who is slicker

is going to trick you of your liquor

if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock.

Clowns grow glowing crowns.

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?  Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers

Such skill as sewing shirts

Our shy young sister Suzie shows

Some soldiers send epistles

Say they'd rather sleep in thistles

Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Suzie sews.

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?

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 'twas better Betty Botter bought some better butter.

A box of biscuits,

a box of mixed biscuits,

and a biscuit mixer.

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?

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?  The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!

She sees seas slapping shores.

Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.

Betty bought some butter,

but the butter Betty bought was bitter,

so Betty bought some better butter,

and the better butter Betty bought

was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before!

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.

I'm not the fig plucker,

nor the fig pluckers' son,

but I'll pluck figs

Till the fig plucker comes.

One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.  How much wood could a woodchuck chuck

if a wooodchuck could chuck wood?

A woodchuck could chuck as much wood

as a woodchuck would chuck

if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

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.

The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.

To begin to toboggan first, buy a toboggan.

But do not buy too big a toboggan!

Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.

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.

Six stick shifts stuck shut.