17. Slippery snails - 25 tongue twisters for kids (2024)

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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

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2. Red lorry, yellow lorry

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Red lorry, yellow lorry – say this as many times as you can!

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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?

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4. Unique New York

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I like New York, unique New York, I like unique New York

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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

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6. Black bug, blue bug

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A black bug bleeds black blood, what colour blood does a blue bug bleed?

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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

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8. I scream

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I scream, you scream
We all scream for ice cream

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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

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11. Which witch?

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Which witch is which?

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12. Selfish shellfish

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Selfish shellfish – say this as many times as you can!

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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

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14. Fred fed Ted

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Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.

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15. Fuzzy Wuzzy

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Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?

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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

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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

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19. Dog chews shoes

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If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?

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20. Flying fish

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Freshly fried flying fish

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21. Swiss watches

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Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

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22. Sheik's sheep

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The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick

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23. She sees cheese

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She sees cheese – say this as many times as you can!

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24. Noisy oyster

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A noisy noise annoys an oyster

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25. Peggy Babco*ck

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Peggy Babco*ck – say it as many times as you can!

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