TONGUE TWISTERS

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B
1. Blake the baker bakes black bread.
2. Bennie bought a bright brown blouse for
Bonnie, but Bonnie believed Bennie bought a
better bright blue blouse for Betty.

3. Bridget builds bigger bridges than Barbara,
but the bridges Barbara builds are better than
the bridges Bridget builds.
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C
The chicken checkers ought to check the
chickens that the chicken catchers
caught.

E
Edgar at eight ate eight eggs a day.
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F
1. Flat flying fish fly faster than flat,
flying fleas.
2.Fresh figs, fresh figs, fresh figs…
3. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce
fishes.

4. Fleas fly from fries / Fleas fly from
fries/ Fleas fly from fries…
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H, G, L
1. The hairy hare stares at the hairier hare;
and the hairier hare stares at the hairiest
hare. Here we have a three-hare stare
affair.
2. A gentle judge judges justly.
3. Little Lily lit a little lamp, Little Lily lit a
little lamp…
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N / P
There’s no need to light a night light
On a light night like tonight.
The plum pickers plucked the plump
plums. The plum pickers plucked the
plump plums…

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S
Moses supposes his “toeses” are roses;
But Moses supposes erroneously;
For nobody’s “toeses” are roses
as Moses supposes his “toeses” to be.

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She sells Swiss sweets.
Something stinks and I think what
stinks are the things in the sink.
She sells seashells by the seashore
The shallow ship showed signs of
sinking.
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Some shun summer sunshine.
Surely the sun shall shine soon.
The sun shines on the shop signs.
I

If silly Sally will shilly-shally
shall silly Willy willy-nilly
shilly-shally, too?
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W
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a
woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck
the wood as much as he could if a woodchuck
could chuck wood.

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O 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 whatever the weather,
whether we like it or not.

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Tongue Twisters

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  • 2.
    B 1. Blake thebaker bakes black bread. 2. Bennie bought a bright brown blouse for Bonnie, but Bonnie believed Bennie bought a better bright blue blouse for Betty. 3. Bridget builds bigger bridges than Barbara, but the bridges Barbara builds are better than the bridges Bridget builds. Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 3.
    C The chicken checkersought to check the chickens that the chicken catchers caught. E Edgar at eight ate eight eggs a day. Ricardo Forner 2012
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    F 1. Flat flyingfish fly faster than flat, flying fleas. 2.Fresh figs, fresh figs, fresh figs… 3. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes. 4. Fleas fly from fries / Fleas fly from fries/ Fleas fly from fries… Ricardo Forner 2012
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    H, G, L 1.The hairy hare stares at the hairier hare; and the hairier hare stares at the hairiest hare. Here we have a three-hare stare affair. 2. A gentle judge judges justly. 3. Little Lily lit a little lamp, Little Lily lit a little lamp… Ricardo Forner 2012
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    N / P There’sno need to light a night light On a light night like tonight. The plum pickers plucked the plump plums. The plum pickers plucked the plump plums… Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 7.
    S Moses supposes his“toeses” are roses; But Moses supposes erroneously; For nobody’s “toeses” are roses as Moses supposes his “toeses” to be. Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 8.
    She sells Swisssweets. Something stinks and I think what stinks are the things in the sink. She sells seashells by the seashore The shallow ship showed signs of sinking. Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 9.
    Some shun summersunshine. Surely the sun shall shine soon. The sun shines on the shop signs. I If silly Sally will shilly-shally shall silly Willy willy-nilly shilly-shally, too? Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 10.
    W How much woodwould a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck the wood as much as he could if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Ricardo Forner 2012
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    O Whether theweather be fine or whether the weather be not; whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot; We’ll weather the weather whatever the weather, whether we like it or not. Ricardo Forner 2012
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