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In this blog post, you will learn 30 popular tongue twisters for beginners in English. Tongue twisters are short phrases that help improve pronunciation and speaking skills. They challenge the tongue and train the mouth to say tricky words correctly. Practicing them can boost fluency and make speech clearer. Whether you are a student or an English learner, these phrases will help you speak with confidence.
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30 Tongue Twisters for Beginners
- I wish to wash my rich wristwatch.
- A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.
- I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
- A box of mixed biscuits, a mixed biscuit box.
- She sells seashells by the seashore, surely.
- I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you.
- Toy boat. (Repeat 3 times as fast as possible)
- Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.
- Fresh fried fish, fish fresh fried, fried fish fresh, fish fried fresh.
- A smart soldier sold some salt soups and some sandwiches.
Short Tongue Twisters for Beginners
- She sees cheese.
- Red lorry, yellow lorry.
- I wish to wash my rich wristwatch.
- Silly sheep weep and sleep.
- He threw three free throws.
- I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
- Four furious friends fought for the phone.
Funny Tongue Twisters for Beginners
- A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.
- Three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts.
- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
- Cheery Charlie cheerfully chewed chocolate chips.
- Chuck’s cheeky chicken cheekily chewed chunks of cheap cheese.
- I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late.
- Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he? Poor Fuzzy!
Tongue Twisters for Beginners Easy
- How many berries could a bare berry carry if a bare berry could carry berries?
- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
- If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
- I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.
- How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies?
- Whether we whisper or whether we shout, we’ll win the war with words without a doubt.
- 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.
Popular Tongue Twisters for Beginners
- Whether the weather is cold, or whether the weather is hot, we’ll be together whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.
- She saw Sharif’s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sharif’s shoes on the sofa?
- She sells C-shells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely C-shells. So if she sells C-shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
- Betty bought some butter, but she said this butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. So, she bought a bit of better butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her batter better.
FAQs
Here are some popular tongue twisters:
1. She sells seashells by the seashore.
2. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
3. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
4. Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter’s bitter.
5. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
6. A black bug bleeds black blood, what color blood does a blue bug bleed?
7. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
8. Six slippery snails slid silently south.
These tongue twisters can be tricky to say quickly!
Here are easy long tongue twisters:
1. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
2. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
3. She sells seashells by the seashore.
4. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
5. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
These are fun to try saying quickly!
The easiest tongue twister is:
“Red leather, yellow leather.”
One of the hardest tongue twisters is:
“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.”
It’s very challenging because of the repeating “s” and “sh” sounds, especially when said quickly!
The fastest tongue twister is often considered to be “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.” It’s extremely difficult to say quickly without mistakes!
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