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Tongue twisters

These are short poems which often do not rhyme. They are designed to be said very quickly and provide useful practice in producing English sounds. 

Here is a link to a website with over 300 difficult-to-pronounce rhymes and phrases: www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm

The woodchuck Sound clip

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck,
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

The good cook Sound clip

How many cookies could a good cook cook,
If a good cook could cook cookies?

She sells sea-shells Sound clip

She sells sea-shells on the sea shore.

The cannibal Sound clip

How many cans can a cannibal nibble, 
If a cannibal can nibble cans?

Around the rugged rock Sound clip

Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran,
If you can tell me how many 'r's are in that, 
you're a very clever man! 

Betty's butter Sound clip

Betty bought some bitter butter,
But the bitter butter Betty bought
Was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before.

Peter Piper Sound clip

Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper,
A pack of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked,
If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper,
Where's the pack of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked? 

Tell me more!

Why should students read poems?
Different types of poems
Helping students to read and recite poems
Helping students to write poems

Sample texts

Some nursery rhymes
Counting out and skipping rhymes
Tongue twisters
Action rhymes
Mike Murphy's Hong Kong poems

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