Pronunciation Practice

English Dept. of FKIP

UMPAR -2009

Irvan Al Rajab, S.Pd., M.Hum

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CONTENT
Tongue Twister 01 Tongue Twister 13
Tongue Twister 02 Tongue Twister 14
Tongue Twister 03 Tongue Twister 15
Tongue Twister 04 Tongue Twister 16
Tongue Twister 05 Tongue Twister 17
Tongue Twister 06
Tongue Twister 18
Tongue Twister 07
Tongue Twister 19
Tongue Twister 08
Tongue Twister 20
Tongue Twister 09
Tongue Twister 21
Tongue Twister 10
Tongue Twister 22
Tongue Twister 11
Tongue Twister 23
Tongue Twister 12
 Tongue Twister 01

A big black bug bit the

big black bear, but the
big black bear bit the
big black bug back!
Easy Level
 Tongue Twister 02

How can a clam cram in

a clean cream can?

Easy Level
 Tongue Twister 03

Four furious friends

fought for the phone.

Easy Level
Tongue Twister 04

Green glass globes

glow greenly.

Easy Level
 Tongue Twister 05

I scream, you scream,

we all scream for ice
cream!

Easy Level
 Tongue Twister 06

There's a sandwich on
the sand which was
sent by a sane
witch.
Easy Level
 Tongue Twister 07

Knife and a fork, bottle

and a cork, that is the
way you spell New
York.
Easy Level
 Tongue Twister 08

When you write copy you

have the right to copyright
the copy you write.

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 09

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very
fuzzy, was he?

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 10

How many cookies could a

good cook cook If a good
cook could cook cookies? A
good cook could cook as
much cookies as a good cook
who could cook cookies.
Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 11

I have got a date at a

quarter to eight; I’ll see
you at the gate, so don’t
be late.

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 12

One-one was a race

horse. Two-two was one
too. One-one won one
race.Two-two won one
too.
Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 13

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?
Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 14

Seven slick slimy snails,

slowly sliding southward.

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 15

Chicken in the car and the

car can go, that is the way
you spell Chicago.

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 16

The thirty-three thieves

thought that they thrilled
the throne throughout
Thursday.

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 17

If two witches would watch

two watches, which witch
would watch which watch?

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 18

Whether the weather be fine, or

whether the weather be not.
Whether the weather be cold, or
whether the weather be hot.
We'll weather the weather
whether we like it or not.

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 19

If you understand, say “understand”.

If you don't understand, say “don't
understand”. But if you understand
and say “don't understand". how do
I understand that you understand?

Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 20

Betty bought some butter, but

the butter Betty bought was
bitter, so Betty bought some
better butter, and the better
butter Betty bought was better
than the bitter butter Betty
bought before!
Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 21

When a doctor doctors a doctor,

does the doctor doing the
doctoring doctor as the doctor
being doctored wants to be
doctored or does the doctor doing
the doctoring doctor as he wants
to doctor?
Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 22

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.
Difficult Level
 Tongue Twister 23

Mary Mac's mother's making

Mary Mac marry me. My mother's
making me marry Mary Mac. Will
I always be so Merry when Mary's
taking care of me? Will I always
be so merry when I marry Mary
Mac?
Difficult Level