Tongue twisters

A tongue-twister is a sequence of words that is difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly. Even native English speakers find the tongue-twisters on this page difficult to say quickly. Try them yourself. Try to say them as fast as possible, but correctly!

 Tongue twister adalah salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan pengucapan bahasa Inggris Anda. Mungkin di awal akan terasa sangat sulit, tapi kalo sudah terbiasa lama-kelamaan anda akan terlatih dan Insya Allah pelafalan dan pengucapan anda akan semakin lancar dan tepat.

Coba perhatikan beberapa contohnya di bawah ini, dan praktekkan.

- A proper copper coffee pot.

- Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran.

- Long legged ladies last longer.

- Mixed biscuits, mixed biscuits.

- A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits and a biscuit mixer!

- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
  Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper?
  If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
  Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

- Pink lorry, yellow lorry.

- Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.

- She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

- The sixth sick Sheik's sixth sheep is sick.
  [Sometimes described as the hardest tongue-twister in the English language.]

- Swan swam over the pond,
  Swim swan swim!
  Swan swam back again -
  Well swum swan!

- Three grey geese in green fields grazing.

- We surely shall see the sun shine soon.

Source: http://englishclub.com

Posted in: English Corner