16 tongue twisters

English tongue twisters

Tongue twisters pack one difficult sound into a short line, so you practice it again and again without thinking about grammar. Start slowly and clearly. Speed only counts once every word turns green.

Easy

  1. She sells seashells by the seashore.

    S and SH

    Practice
  2. Red lorry, yellow lorry.

    R and L English R and L guide

    Practice
  3. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.

    OY and OA

    Practice
  4. Which witch is which?

    W and short i Ship or sheep guide

    Practice
  5. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.

    Final D

    Practice

Medium

  1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

    P

    Practice
  2. Three free throws.

    TH and R English TH guide

    Practice
  3. A proper copper coffee pot.

    P and K

    Practice
  4. Unique New York, you know you need unique New York.

    Y and N

    Practice
  5. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

    S clusters

    Practice
  6. Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.

    V English V and W guide

    Practice

Hard

  1. Truly rural.

    R and L English R and L guide

    Practice
  2. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    W and CH English V and W guide

    Practice
  3. Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter’s bitter.

    B and the American T

    Practice
  4. I thought a thought, but the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.

    TH English TH guide

    Practice
  5. The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick.

    S, SH and TH English TH guide

    Practice