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Tongue twisters for K, G, T and D

Tongue twisters for the K, G, T and D sounds, as in “key”, “go”, “top” and “day”, for diction. At speed, these consonants are easy to drop, especially at the end of a word. They train you to finish every sound: slowly first, then at full pace.

Short 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.
  6. Greek grapes, Greek grapes, Greek grapes.
  7. The cook took a good look at the cookbook.
  8. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
  9. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
  10. The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.
  11. A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.

Medium tongue twisters for K, G, T and D

  1. Doug's dog dug a deep ditch and decided to doze in the dirt.
  2. Cows graze in groves on grass which grows in grooves in groves.
  3. Good design takes time: draft it, test it, cut it, then decide.
  4. Tina tried to get the tiny kite to take off, but it kept dropping.
  5. Dina took the cake to the cottage, cut it and gave the kids a taste.
  6. The quick goalkeeper got a glove to the ball and kept the game tied.
  7. The teacher counted twenty kids, checked their coats and called the driver.
  8. Did the kid get the goat through the tight gate, or did the goat get the kid?

Hard tongue twisters for K, G, T and D

  1. Dad taught the twins to tie tight knots, tug the cord and drag the canoe to the dock before it got dark.
  2. Greg quickly typed the code, double-checked the date, printed the ticket and got to the gate ten minutes early.
  3. The careful clerk quickly checked the credit cards, counted the coins, tagged the goods and kept the cash drawer tidy.
  4. At the top of the tower, the tour guide told the group to take care, keep together and count the steps on the steep, dark stairway down.
  5. A tutor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, “Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?”
  6. 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.
  7. If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

How to practice tongue twisters

  1. Slowly, syllable by syllable, with exaggerated precision: every ending, every consonant.
  2. Normal pace. Say it two or three times, perfectly clean. If a sound blurs, go back one step.
  3. Louder, as if someone is listening from across the room. Same pace, same clarity.
  4. Faster, but only up to the speed where it stays clean. Three times in a row without a stumble.
  5. Delivery: full voice, with emotion, as if on stage. Then take the next tongue twister.

Speed is a by-product of clarity. Move up a step only when you sound perfect on the current one.

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More in the article: How to stop mumbling when you talk: a daily practice plan

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.

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