Tongue Twisters
1. Shut the shutters and sit in the shop.
2. Can coloured caterpillars change their colours constantly?
3. A big black bug bit a big black bear.
4. Six slippery snails slid slowly.
5. Betty Botter bought some better butter…
to make the bitter
butter better.
6. Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.
7. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
8. How much
chuck…
woodchuck
9. She sells
wood would a woodchuck
if a
could chuck wood?
seashells on the seashore…
The seashells she sells are seashells
for sure.
10. I scream you scream; we all scream for ice cream!
Now create your own tongue twisters!
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Get into teams of four or five people.
One person must answer each question below, pass the paper
to the person on your right.
Your answers must begin with the first sound in the person's
name (e.g. Bob – bought a bike).
Continue until all the questions have been answered.
Pass the paper back to the person who started with it. Read all
of the tongue twisters out loud.
Examples:
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Bob bought a bike in Bali on his birthday because he was
bored.
Susan sang a song at the seaside on the 6th of September
because she saw some sunshine.
Laura laughed in the laundrette at lunchtime because she lost
her laundry.
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Write your first name!
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What did she/he do?
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Where?
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When?
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Why? Because…