Tongue twisters for diction

Hard tongue twisters

1. The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.
2. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.
3. Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock.
4. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
5. Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.

Short tongue twisters

1. She sees cheese.
2. Selfish shellfish.
3. Thin sticks, thick bricks.
4. We value very warm welcomes.
5. Crisp crusts crackle crunchily.

Famous tongue twisters

1. 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 Peter Piper picked?
2. Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better.
3. She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
4. 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.
5. Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.

Tongue twisters for R and L

1. Eleven benevolent elephants.
2. Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural.
3. Roll the long rope around the railing.
4. Lily ladles little Letty's lentil soup.
5. Aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum.

TH tongue twisters

1. Three free throws.
2. Thin sticks, thick bricks.
3. Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.
4. The north path is smoother than the south path.
5. Keith's birthday is the thirteenth of this month.

Tongue twisters for S, Z and SH

1. She sees cheese.
2. Selfish shellfish.
3. Sheep should sleep in a shed.
4. Sure the ship's shipshape, sir.
5. Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch.

Tongue twisters for P, B, F and V

1. Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
2. Black background, brown background.
3. Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
4. Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.
5. Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.

Tongue twisters for K, G, T and D

1. Ed had edited it.
2. Good blood, bad blood.
3. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.
4. Tie twine to three tree twigs.
5. Green glass globes glow greenly.

Tongue twisters for V and W

1. We value very warm welcomes.
2. The vet went west in a wet van.
3. Very well, very well, very well.
4. Was it a vowel, a verb or a word?
5. Vivid violets wilt in warm, windy weather.

Tongue twisters for word endings

1. Crisp crusts crackle crunchily.
2. His twelfth attempt worked best.
3. Wasps' nests, wasps' nests, wasps' nests.
4. The hosts left gifts on the guests' desks.
5. The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.

Practice with a timer

In DramaLab, the speed ladder is an exercise: it gives you tongue twisters one by one, walks you up the five steps and keeps time. No sign-up needed.