Speaking skills of English includes a standard pronunciation along with the stress pattern. Speaking needs practice. Tongue twisters made this task easy through the repeated twisted forms of the words and sounds.
A tongue twister is a sequence of words. Tongue twisters are typically tough to pronounce quickly and ocrrectly. One example of a tongue twister is " Peter Piper picked peck of pickled peppers." Try to say it slowly first. Repeat this many times to get the pronunciation of the words right.
Even speakers of native regions find it difficult to practice tongue twisters. They are a fun way to practice pronounciation. They are to be spoken loud, slowly and correctly.
Here are a two more popular examples:
Tongue Twister 1:
Tongue twister 2
Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter
And made her batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter makes better batter.
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
Making Betty Botter’s bitter batter better
Some more simpler Tongue Twisters for the practice:
* Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
* Give papa a cup of proper coffe in a copper coffe cup.
* The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
* Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
A tongue twister is a sequence of words. Tongue twisters are typically tough to pronounce quickly and ocrrectly. One example of a tongue twister is " Peter Piper picked peck of pickled peppers." Try to say it slowly first. Repeat this many times to get the pronunciation of the words right.
Even speakers of native regions find it difficult to practice tongue twisters. They are a fun way to practice pronounciation. They are to be spoken loud, slowly and correctly.
Here are a two more popular examples:
Tongue Twister 1:
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
The shells she sells are sea-shells, I’m sure.
For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore
Then I’m sure she sells sea-shore shells.
Tongue twister 2
Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter
And made her batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter makes better batter.
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
Making Betty Botter’s bitter batter better
Some more simpler Tongue Twisters for the practice:
* Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
* Give papa a cup of proper coffe in a copper coffe cup.
* The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
* Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
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