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TONGUE TWISTERS

Ricardo Forner 2012
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.
Ricardo Forner 2012
C
The chicken checkers ought to check the
chickens that the chicken catchers
caught.

E
Edgar at eight ate eight eggs a day.
Ricardo Forner 2012
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…
Ricardo Forner 2012
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
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…

Ricardo Forner 2012
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
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.
Ricardo Forner 2012
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?
Ricardo Forner 2012
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.

Ricardo Forner 2012
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.

Ricardo Forner 2012
Ricardo Forner 2012

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Tongue Twisters

  • 2. 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. Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 3. C The chicken checkers ought to check the chickens that the chicken catchers caught. E Edgar at eight ate eight eggs a day. Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 4. 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… Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 5. 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
  • 6. 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… 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 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. Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 9. 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? Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 10. 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. Ricardo Forner 2012
  • 11. 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. Ricardo Forner 2012