A tongue twister is a group of words that is difficult to pronounce correctly and quickly. It’s a great way to practice and improve pronunciation and fluency. Below I have collected some of the most popular English tongue twisters for ESL learners, practice and say them as quickly as you can in order to be a more confident speaker.
Tongue Twisters For ESL Learners
- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
- It would chuck all the wood that a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
- A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose.
- If you want to buy, buy, if you don’t want to buy, bye bye!
- Fresh fried fish, fish fresh fried, fried fish fresh, fish fried fresh.
- Eleven elves licked eleven little liquorice lollipops.
- The blue bluebird blinks.
- The thirty three thieves thought that they thrilled throne throughout Thursday.
- Greek grapes, greek grapes, greek grapes.
- Kitty caught the kitten in the kitchen.
- Red lorry, yellow lorry.
- I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too.
- Not these things here, but those things there.
- Three free throws.
- Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
- Peter piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
- Betty Botter bought some butter.
- Eddie edited it.
- Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely
- Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
- How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
- Seventy seven benevolent elephants.
- Pirates Private Property.
- Four furious friends fought for the phone.
- Black background, brown background.
- Very well, very well, very well.
- Tie twine to three tree twigs.
- black back bat
- I’ll chew and chew until my jaws drop.
- I wish you were a fish in my dish.