Practice

Twist your tongue.

Classic English tongue twisters — the same ones native speakers grew up stumbling over. Read them out loud, slow at first, to sharpen pronunciation and mouth muscle memory for tricky sound pairs.

01

She Sells Seashells

EasyFocus: S / SH

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.

02

Peter Piper

EasyFocus: P

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?

03

How Much Wood

MediumFocus: W / CH

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,

And chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would

If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

04

Fuzzy Wuzzy

MediumFocus: F / W

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy, was he?

05

Six Slippery Snails

HardFocus: SL

Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

06

Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry

HardFocus: R / L

Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.

Repeat as many times as you can without tripping up.