1. Tongue Twisters
Introduction: Tongue Twisters can be used as a warmer or a a type of punishment in any
game or teaching activity. It is also a fun way to improve pronunciation.
1) The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
2) Madame Minnie made a mound of many melons.
3) Nimble Lily never learns. Little Nina knows now.
4) The red bug bled on the black bug’s bed.
5) Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers. (Say 3 times quickly. This is a good one to board and
do with the class to intro this activity)
6) What noise annoys an oyster? A noisy noise annoys an oyster?
7) She sells seashells at the sea-shore. Are the seashells she sells, seashells for sure?
8) Silly Sally is shaking some sugar on her shiny shoes.
9) The rat ran through the river with a lump of raw liver.
10) They think that this Thursday is the 30th
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11) Jolly General Jimmy Jones joked with Japanese John.
12) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A
woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
13) The zoo’s zebras swam through the zebra zone.
14) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers, where is the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
15) Don’t dilly dally in Denver or disdain your daily duty. (2 times quickly)
16) Little Luke lost a lot of labeled letters. If Little Luke lost a lot of labeled letters,
where are the labeled letters Little Luke lost?
