Tongue-twisters

Tongue-twisters are those sentences which are difficult to say because of the combination of sounds. They are always great fun and can be used to practise English pronunciation. We tried some in the extra class for 1st year Advanced level:

• There's no need to light a night-light /On a light night like tonight/ For a night-light's a slight night /On a light night like tonight.

• A woman to her son did utter/ Go my son and shut the shutter/ The shutter's shut, the son did utter/ I cannot shut any shutter.

• How many cookies would a good cook cook/ If a good cook  could cook cookies?

• How many cans can a cannibal  nibble/ if a cannibal can nibble cans?

• She sells sea shells on the sea shore.

These were gathered together by Inés Arias and Mª Eugenia Caballer in an article. Here are 2 more of them,: the first one shared by Salva, the other is one of my favourite ones.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of picked pepper/ Did Peter Piper pick a peck of picked pepper?/ If Peter Piper picked a peck of picked pepper,/ Where's the peck of picked pepper Peter Piper picked?

• Betty bought a bit of butter/ but Betty found the butter bitter,/ so Betty bought a bit of better butter.