Tongue twisters to practise English pronunciation
There those thousand thinkers were thinking. /θ/think, thousand, /ð/ those, there
The other three thieves got through. /θ/ thieves, /ə/ other /i/ three, theives /ð/ other
Elizabeth’s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month. /z/ Elizabeth /θ/
Come quite quickly! /k/ come /kw/ quite
Quietly /kw/
Six slimy snails sailed silently. /s/
Haven’t you heard about the/her horrible homework? /h/
Why not wait a while? /w/
Six sausages with sauce, Susan. /s/
Joan’s jealous of John’s yellow yo-yo ./j/ yellow, yo-yo, /dʒ/ john, Joan, jealous.
Shine, sunshine, shine on sun. /ʃ/shine, /s/ sun.
Richard checked the chicken in the kitchen. /tʃ/ Richard, chicken, /k/ kitchen.
Three sheep, sipping liquid. /θ/ three, /ʃ/ sheep, /s/ sipping /kw/ liquid.
Don’t doubt, don’t dawdle./d/
Ten tons, ten towns, triple trouble. /t/ /tr/
Have you heard the word about the third bird? /ɜ/
Put your foot in your boot, swoop, shoot and do a loop. /ʊ/ put, foot /u:/ boot, loop
You’re kind and you have a fine mind. /aɪ/ kind, fine, mind
Bath buns and butter, that's better. /b/
I'd like to say I'll stay today. /ai/ /ei/
