Whether you’re trying to perfect your English accent or just need help with the tricky parts of English

pronunciation, our easy exercises and interactive printables will help you sound more like a native
speaker and improve your pronunciation skills in no time.

1. Tongue twister exercises

Tongue twisters are tricky, but they can force you to enunciate similar sounding words to make each
phrase intelligible.

For example, “Peter Piper” can help you learn to enunciate consonants (in this case, “P”). “A Proper Cup
of Coffee” emphasizes P’s and F’s while employing a variety of vowel sounds.

You don’t have to start out fast. Take it slow the first few times and speed up gradually. Read along and
practice for yourself.

Peter Piper

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 that Peter Piper picked?

Fuzzy Wuzzy

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?

Woodchuck
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.

Homograph exercise

Homographs are words that have the same spelling but different meanings — and sometimes, different
pronunciations. For instance, you can “bow” before royalty (“ow” sound) or use a bow (“oh” sound) to
shoot an arrow. An entrance, with the accent on the first syllable, is a noun meaning a way in; to
entrance, with the accent on the second syllable, is a verb meaning to delight.

Homographs should not be confused with homophones, which sound alike but are different, such as
“two,” “to,” and “too.” Then there are homonyms. A homonym is a word that’s pronounced the same as
another word but carries a different meaning. One example is “spring,” which can be a coiled piece of
metal, a season, a water source, or a verb meaning to shoot forth.

• bear and bare

• ad and add

• peace and piece

• stair and stare

• close and close