Tongue Twisters

Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve pronunciation and fluency. They can also help to improve accents by using alliteration, which is the repetition of one sound. They’re not just for kids, but are also used by actors, politicians, and public speakers who want to sound clear when speaking. Below, you will find some of the most popular English tongue twisters. Say them as quickly as you can. If you can master them, you will be a much more confident speaker.

 H word tongue twisters

Higgledy Piggedly! Higgledy-Piggedly! Higgledy Piggedly!

Horrible Heidi hears hairy Horace holler.

Heed the head henpecker!

High roller. Low roller. Lower a roller. The hare's ear heard ere the hare heeded.

How much hair could a hairnet net, If a hairnet could net hair?

Harry Hunt hunts heavy hairy hares. Does Harry Hunt hunt heavy hairy hares? If Harry Hunt hunts heavy hairy hares, Where are the heavy hairy hares Harry Hunt hunts?

Hurry, Harry! Hurry, Harry! Hurry, Harry!

"Hello, Harry Healy!" hollered Holly Hartley.

If a Hottentot taught A Hottentot tot, To talk ere the tot could totter, Ought the Hottentot tot Be taught to say "ought," Or what ought to be taught her? If to hoot and to toot A Hottentot tot Was taught by a Hottentot tutor, Should the tutor get hot If the Hottentot tot Hoots and toots At the Hottentot tutor?

In Huron, a hewer, Hugh Hughes, Hewed yews of unusual hues. Hugh Hughes used blue yews To build sheds for new ewes; So his new ewes blue-hued ewe-sheds use.

How hollow Helen Hull hobbles on hills!

Hiccup teacup! Hiccup teacup! Hiccup teacup!

A haddock! A haddock! A black-spotted haddock! A black spot On the black back Of a black-spotted haddock!

 Th sounds


Thirty-three sly shy thrushes.
Thirty-three sly shy thrushes.
Thirty-three sly shy thrushes.

Three thick things.
Three thick things.
Three thick things.
Three free through trains.
Three free through trains.
Three free through trains.

I thought a thought
But the thought I thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought I thought,
I wouldn't have thought so much.'

1. 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?
2. 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
   But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
   So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
3. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
   He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
   As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood
4. She sells seashells by the seashore
5. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
6. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
7. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop
8. Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines
9. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
10. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
11. I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be late
12. You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York
13. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
14. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
15. I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you
16. I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch
17. Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear
18. Eddie edited it
19. Willie’s really weary
20. A big black bear sat on a big black rug
21. Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks
22. He threw three free throws
23. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely
24. So, this is the sushi chef
25. Four fine fresh fish for you
26. Wayne went to wales to watch walruses
27. Six sticky skeletons (x3)
28. Which witch is which? (x3)
29. Snap crackle pop (x3)
30. Flash message (x3)
31. Red Buick, blue Buick (x3)
32. Red lorry, yellow lorry (x3)
33. Thin sticks, thick bricks (x3)
34. Stupid superstition (x3)
35. Eleven benevolent elephants (x3)
36. Two tried and true tridents (x3)
37. Rolling red wagons (x3)
38. Black back bat (x3)
39. She sees cheese (x3)
40. Truly rural (x3)
41. Good blood, bad blood (x3)
42. Pre-shrunk silk shirts (x3)
43. Ed had edited it. (x3)
44. We surely shall see the sun shine soon
45. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
46. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread
47. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit
48. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk
49. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better
50. Of all the vids I’ve ever viewed, I’ve never viewed a vid as valued as Alex’s engVid vid

The Witches

Pronuncation practice

Target language features: adverbs

Target sounds: oi, ow, ea