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Tongue twisters are fun sentences that are hard to say fast. They help children speak clearly and practise tricky sounds. Start slowly, then say each one three times quickly.
Think of the answer, then tap the card.
| # | Tongue twister | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red lorry, yellow lorry | Easy |
| 2 | Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward | Easy |
| 3 | Fresh fried fish | Easy |
| 4 | Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat | Easy |
| 5 | Big black bug bit a big black bear | Easy |
| 6 | Four fine fresh fish for you | Easy |
| 7 | A proper copper coffee pot | Easy |
| 8 | Eleven elves licked eleven little licorice lollipops | Medium |
| 9 | She sells seashells by the seashore | Medium |
| 10 | How can a clam cram in a clean cream can? | Medium |
| 11 | I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream | Medium |
| 12 | Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread | Medium |
| 13 | Black background, brown background | Medium |
| 14 | A big bug bit the little beetle | Medium |
| 15 | Three free throws | Medium |
| 16 | Unique New York, you know you need unique New York | Medium |
| 17 | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers | Hard |
| 18 | How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? | Hard |
| 19 | Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter's bitter | Hard |
| 20 | Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? | Hard |
| 21 | I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop | Hard |
| 22 | Which witch is which? | Hard |
| 23 | The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick | Hard |
| 24 | Truly rural | Hard |
| 25 | Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch | Hard |
They train clear speech, practise difficult sounds and are a fun warm-up before reading aloud or speaking on stage.
"The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick" is often called one of the hardest in English.