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25 tongue twisters for kids
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Kids will love trying to get their mouths round these hilarious tongue twisters. From the surprisingly simple to the fiendishly tough, they'll get the kids laughing and help them work on their vocabulary, pronunciation, memory and reading skills, too.
1. She sells seashells
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She sells seashells by the seashore
The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure
So if she sells seashells on the seashore
Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells
Find more info about the 'she sells seashells' tongue twister here.
2. Red lorry, yellow lorry
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Red lorry, yellow lorry – say this as many times as you can!
Find more info about the 'red lorry, yellow lorry' tongue twister here.
3. Peter Piper
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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?
Find more info about the 'Peter Piper' tongue twister here.
4. Unique New York
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I like New York, unique New York, I like unique New York
Find more info about the 'unique New York' tongue twister here.
5. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck?
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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck
if a woodchuck would chuck wood
Find more info about the 'woodchuck' tongue twister here.
6. Black bug, blue bug
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A black bug bleeds black blood, what colour blood does a blue bug bleed?
Find more info about the 'black bug, blue bug' tongue twister here.
7. Betty Botter
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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
Find more info about the 'Betty Botter' tongue twister here.
8. I scream
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I scream, you scream
We all scream for ice cream
Find more info about the 'I scream' tongue twister here.
9. Ragged rascal
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Round the rough and rugged rock the ragged rascal ran
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10. Greek grapes
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The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes
Find more info about the 'Greek grapes' tongue twister here.
11. Which witch?
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Which witch is which?
Find more info about the 'which witch' tongue twister here.
12. Selfish shellfish
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Selfish shellfish – say this as many times as you can!
Find more info about the 'selfish shelfish' tongue twister here.
13. Susie shoe shine
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I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop
Where she shines, she sits, and where she sits, she shines
Find more info about the 'Susie shoe shine' tongue twister here.
14. Fred fed Ted
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Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
Find more info about the 'Fred fed Ted' tongue twister here.
15. Fuzzy Wuzzy
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Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?
Find more info about the 'Fuzzy Wuzzy' tongue twister here.
16. I thought a thought
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I thought a thought
But the thought I thought wasn’t the thought Ithought Ithought
If the thought Ithought Ithought had been the thought I thought
I wouldn’t have thought so much
Find more info about the 'I thought a thought' tongue twister here.
17. Slippery snails
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Six slippery snails, slid slowly seaward
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18. Yellow butter, black bread
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Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread
Spread it thick, say it quick!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread
Spread it thicker, say it quicker!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread
Find more info about the 'yellow butter, black bread' tongue twister here.
19. Dog chews shoes
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If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
Find more info about the 'dog chew shoes' tongue twister here.
20. Flying fish
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Freshly fried flying fish
Find more info about the 'flying fish' tongue twister here.
21. Swiss watches
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Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
Find more info about the 'Swiss wristwatches' tongue twister here.
22. Sheik's sheep
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The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick
Find more info about the 'sheik's sheep' tongue twister here.
23. She sees cheese
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She sees cheese – say this as many times as you can!
Find more info about the 'she sees cheese' tongue twister here.
24. Noisy oyster
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A noisy noise annoys an oyster
Find more info about the 'noisy oyster' tongue twister here.
25. Peggy Babco*ck
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Peggy Babco*ck – say it as many times as you can!
Find more info about the 'Peggy Babco*ck' tongue twister here.
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