Что такое скороговорки и зачем они нужны? Вспомните «Шла Саша по шоссе». Небольшой каламбур, который трудно произнести. Да и запомнить не всегда просто – слова в скороговорках объединяются в предложения по смыслу очень уж условно. Скороговорки парадоксальны. Но главная особенность скороговорок – их сложно произнести быстро, так как звуки в словах требуют определенного напряжения от говорящего.
Обучение английскому состоит из нескольких этапов и включает в себя отработку всех языковых навыков: от разговорной речи и письма до восприятия английского на слух и чтения. Постановка правильного произношения – важная часть изучения языка. Английские скороговорки могут стать инструментом отработки произношения. В английском языке есть много звуков, которых нет в русском. Некоторые звуки мы произносим иначе. Часто слова могут отличаться друг от друга одним лишь звуком.
Такие разные по смыслу слова, а произносятся почти одинаково. Для того, чтобы слушающий вас британец правильно понял, что вы имеете ввиду, стоит поработать над произношением. Интересоваться транскрипцией, выполнять упражнения для развития речи, слушать аудиоуроки по английскому – недостаточно. Навык произношения звуков в разных словах нужно довести до автоматизма. И для этого идеально подойдут английские скороговорки.
Слушать английские скороговорки с переводом для детей или взрослых – хорошая практика аудирования. Но лучше всего – учить скороговорки наизусть и стараться произносить их вслух.
Скороговорки – отличные инструмент совершенствования дикции. Поэтому, если вы выбирали простые скороговорки и с легкостью могли проговаривать их, попытайтесь заучивать сложные.
Произносим звуки :
Произносим губно-зубные :
Произносим заднеязычные и взрывные :
Произносим пост-альвеолярные
Произносим сонорные
Произносим фрикативные
Чаще всего переводить английские скороговорки на русский – занятие муторное и неблагодарное. В процессе изучения английского гораздо полезнее слушать скороговорки и пытаться их повторять, подражая произношению и скорости носителей. Изучение языка происходить более гармонично и эффективно, если вы стараетесь говорить, а не заниматься постоянными переводами. Английская речь сложна для новичков, в этом языке слишком много непростых для произношения звуков, как для взрослых, так и для детей. Существуют детские скороговорки, которые могут учить и проговаривать все желающие. Например, «Peter Piper».
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?
Питер Трубач принес ведро маринованного перца,
Ведро маринованного перца Питер Трубач принес.
Если Питер Трубач принес ведро маринованного перца,
То где ведро маринованного перца, которое принес Питер Трубач.
Питер Пайпер был настоящим человеком, он занимался выращиванием растений, в том числе и специй, во Франции. Специи (peppers) он решил выращивать потому, что они были очень дороги на европейском рынке. Монополистами в то время были голландцы, именно они импортировали гвоздику (cloves) и мускатный орех (nutmeg) в Европу. С выращиванием специй у Питера не сложилось, так как голландцы оказались хитрее: они мариновали специи соком лайма, поэтому использовать их как семена ни у кого не получалось. Так что не все скороговорки содержат детские смешные сюжеты.
Английский язык может похвастаться огромным количеством скороговорок, это, возможно, одна из самых известных.
She sells seashells on 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.
Она продаёт морские раковины на берегу моря,
Раковины, которые она продаёт - это морские раковины, я уверен.
Потому что, если она продает морские ракушки на морском берегу,
Тогда, я уверен, она продает ракушки с морского берега
.
Эта скороговорка про реальную девочку – Мэри Эннинг (1799-1847). Мэри со своим отцом любили гулять по берегу моря и собирать раковины. В возрасте 12 лет Мэри нашла скелет огромного животного. Оказалось, что это – скелет динозавра. В последствии Мэри стала одной из основательниц палеонтологии. В 2010 году Королевским обществом её имя было включено в список имен женщин, которые внесли весомый вклад в науку.
Вот такие скороговорки помогают не только развитию языку, но и радуют нас интересными историями. Практикуйтесь с удовольствием и во имя роста и развития!
[ b ]
Звук [b] произносится как ослабленный русский звук [б].
Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [b] не смягчается.
A British builder built a building of brown bricks,
A Bulgarian builder built a building of black bricks,
A Brazilian builder built a building of blue bricks.
But which building will be a bit bad?
A brave biker booked a B&B in Brussels
With a big bath behind a blue basin in the bathroom,
With a brown wardrobe between the bath and the bed,
And a brick basement below the bedroom and the bathroom.
Brothers Bean bought for their baby brother Bob’s birthday
A big box of black bees, a blue box of brown beetles,
And a big blue box of beautiful butterflies.
But which blue box is a bit bigger?
When a big boss became a bit bored with Berlin branch of a bank
He booked a break on beautiful beaches in Biscay Bay.
But why did the big boss become a bit bored
And book the break in Biscay Bay?
Bab bakes brown biscuits for her boyfriend Bob’s birthdays,
Bob buys and brings Bab big beautiful bunches.
But if Bab didn’t bake Bob brown biscuits,
Would Bob bring Bab big beautiful bunches?
В отличии от русского звука [н], который произносится при помощи языка, упирающегося в передние верхние зубы, английский звук [n] произносится с участием кончика языка, который касается тканей за передними верхними зубами, но не самих зубов. Английский [n] звучит менее энергично, чем русский звук [н]. Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [n] не смягчается.
Ned nicknamed his nag Netty,
Net nicknamed her nag Neddy.
Is Ned’s nag nicknamed Netty?
Is Net’s nag nicknamed Neddy?
Neither a neat knitter needs to knit
By next November nine new knittings,
No a neat needlewoman needs to needle
By next November nine new neckties.
Ninety nice nestlings nestle in nine nests,
Nine nice nestlings nestle in ninety nests.
If ninety nice nestlings didn’t nestle in nine nests,
Would nine nice nestlings nestle in ninety nests?
Nat’s nephew is naughtier than Nik’s niece,
Nik’s nephew is naughtier than Nat’s niece,
If Nat’s nephew wasn’t naughtier than Nik’s niece,
Would Nik’s nephew be naughtier than Nik’s niece?
Nanny Nancy never naps at nights at her nineteen,
Nanny Nelly nid-nods at nights at her ninety.
If Nanny Nancy napped at nights at her nineteen,
Would Nanny Nelly nid-nod at nights at her ninety?
[ æ ]
Краткий гласный звук [æ] произносится с ощутимым напряжением. Качественно противопоставляется звуку [e]. Во избежание ошибочного произношения русского звука [э] вместо английского звука [æ], язык следует располагать низко во рту, как при произнесении русского звука [а]. Нижняя челюсть должна быть заметно опущена. При этом основная масса языка должна оставаться в передней части рта, а его кончик должен быть прижат к нижним зубам.
Ann has a hat in her handbag,
Dan has a cap in his backpack.
If Ann didn’t have the hat in her handbag,
Would Dan have the cap in his backpack?
Nat can translate from Italian to Spanish,
Pat can translate from Spanish to Italian.
Can Pat translate from Italian to Spanish?
Can Nat translate from Spanish to Italian?
Mat has accidents travelling by tram,
Sam has accidents travelling by taxi.
If Mat didn’t have accidents travelling by tram,
Would Sam have accidents travelling by taxi?
Mag has a salad with ham and carrot,
Sal has a salad with lamb and cabbage.
If Mag didn’t have the salad with ham and carrot,
Would Sal have the salad with lamb and cabbage?
Alice Adam chats with attractive actors,
Andy Alan chats with attractive actresses.
If Alice Adam didn’t chat with attractive actors,
Would Andy Alan chat with attractive actresses?
[ ʧ ]
Звук [ʧ] произносится как русский звук [ч], но энергично и твёрдо, без какого бы то ни было смягчения. Для правильной артикуляции английского звука [ʧ], второй элемент [∫] следует произносить так же твёрдо, как русский звук [ш].
A cheetah chases chancy in a chilly chine
Сhinchillas, chipmucks and chaffinches.
Which chase of the cheetah in the chilly chine is chancier:
Сhinchillas, chipmucks or chaffinches?
A chinaman chaffers on the Change to cheapen china,
A chandler chaffers on the Change to cheapen chandlery.
If the chinaman didn’t chaffer on the Change to cheapen china,
Would the chandler chaffer to cheapen chandlery?
A Chilean chess-player checks to a Chinese chess-player,
The Chinese chess-player checkmates to the Chilean.
If the Chilean chess-player didn’t check to the Chinese,
Would the Chinese chess-player checkmate to the Chilean?
A charwoman chars a chamber with Chippendale furniture:
A chimney, chairs, china, pictures and armchairs.
If the chimney, chairs and china wasn’t in Chippendale,
Would the charwoman char the chamber with furniture?
Chanters in a church chant cheerier than chanters in a chapel,
Chanters in the chapel chant chillier than in the church.
If the chanters in the church didn’t chant cheerier,
Would the chanters in the chapel chant chillier?
Аналогов звуку [ŋ] в русском языке нет. Упрощённо, английский звук [ŋ] представляет собой звук [g], если произнести его через нос при полностью опущенном мягком нёбе. Так же как и для звука [g], при произношении звука [ŋ] задняя часть языка смыкается с мягким нёбом, но последнее при артикуляции звука [ŋ] полностью опущено, и воздух проходит не через рот, а через нос. Кончик языка при произнесении звука [ŋ] обязательно должен находиться у нижних зубов, а передняя и средняя части языка не касаться нёба. Следует избегать призвука [g] после звука [ŋ] и не подменять звук [ŋ] звуком [n].
A single singer is walking along the bank
Singing a languishing song
And bringing pink pinks for his darling.
Is anything wrong with the single singer’s song?
A young banker is thinking of giving
A thanking banquet at Thanksgiving.
Is the young banker thinking of something
For drinking at the Thanksgiving banquet?
Uncle Frank being an angry hunks
Is dingdong looking among his belongings
For a dinky bank of hanky-panky including
Rings, bangles, hangers, anklets and earrings.
An English banker is sinking clankingly
A long anchor at the brink of Hong Kong
Among concourse of alongshore plankton
Including conchs, winkles, anglers and congers.
The English king is going to conquer Hungary,
The Hungarian king is going to conquer England.
If the English king wasn’t going to conquer Hungary,
Would the Hungarian king be going to conquer England?
[ a: ]
Долгий гласный звук произносится напряжённо. Своей протяжностью, характерной придавленностью корня языка во рту и низким тембром, английский напоминает звук, издаваемый при показе горла врачу. Для того, чтобы правильно произносить английский звук , не делая его похожим на русский звук [a], следует как можно дальше отводить корень языка назад и вниз.
Mark parks his car in a car park,
Bart parks his car in a dark park.
If Mark didn’t park his car in the car park,
Would Bart park his car in the dark park?
Aunty Blanche asks after Aunty Margie,
Aunty Margie asks after Aunty Blanche.
If Aunty Blanche didn’t ask after Aunty Margie,
Would Aunty Margie ask after Aunty Blanche?
Mark’s car’s faster than Bart’s car,
Bart’s car’s smarter than Mark’s car.
If Mark’s car wasn’t faster than Bart’s car,
Would Bart’s car be smarter than Mark’s car?
In March Charles starts to plant tomatoes
In a large garden at half past one in the afternoon.
Charles can’t start to plant tomatoes
In a large garden at half past two in the afternoon.
Mark’s father starts parties at half past five,
Bart’s father starts parties at half past six.
If Mark’s father didn’t start parties at half past five,
Would Bart’s father start parties at half past six?
Звук [d] произносится как ослабленный русский звук [д]. Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [d] не смягчается. Следует избегать призвука [ə] перед сочетаниями звука [d] со звуками [n] и [l], для чего образующейся между звуками [d] и [n] мгновенной паузе надлежит придавать носовую артикуляцию, а мгновенной паузе между звуками [d] и [l] соответственно боковую артикуляцию (по месту образования - между опущенными в одну сторону боковым краем языка и щекой).
Dolly Dale dances with Davy Dail,
Davy Dail dates to Dolly Dale.
If Dolly Dale didn’t dance with Davy Dail,
Would Davy Dail date to Dolly Dale?
Daisy’s Dad doesn’t have a driver,
So he drives his daughter daily to downtown.
If Daisy’s Dad had a driver,
Would he drive Daisy daily to downtown?
Doris Draft designed a dark dress in December,
Today Doris Draft is designing a red dress.
Does Doris Draft understand
How it’s difficult to design different dresses?
Dick got ten double DVDs and two digital devices
For a dozen dollars at a department store.
Is it a good idea to get DVDs and digital devices
At a department store?
Deborah Deem described her dream to Doctor Dean,
Doctor Dean drew Deborah Deem’s dream in diagrams.
If Doctor Dean described his dream to Deborah Deem,
Could Deborah Deem draw Doctor Dean’s dream in diagrams?
Звук [p] произносится как русский звук [п], но энергичнее и с придыханием перед гласными звуками. Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [p] не смягчается.
Paolo Piccolli prepared for his presentation’s party
A pair of plates of pizzas with potatoes and pepper
And a pair of plates of pasta with prawns.
Which pair of plates pleased people at Paоlo’s party?
The police picked up a pink packet with an MP3 player
And personal details in a peaceful place of a Prague’s park.
It was a Polly’s present from her parents.
The police put the packet to a post office.
Pablo Picasso put off his palette, paintbox and paintbrushes
And painted with pen a picture of a peaceful place in Paris
With a pink palace and a paled park plenty of pretty plants.
What’s the possible picture’s price?
A poor Polish pianist played popular plays from the past
For Portuguese prince and princess in a Paris’ palace.
The prince and princess paid the pianist plenty of pounds.
The poor Polish pianist put his purse in a pocket.
The Polish president plays pool with the Portuguese president
In a peaceful place of the president’s palace in Prague.
The Polish president plays pool poorly,
But which pool player is the poorer partner?
Краткий гласный звук [е] произносится без напряжения. Английский звук [е] отчасти напоминает русский звук [э] в словах свет и эти , если его произносить очень кратко. Следует, однако, помнить о том, что согласные звуки перед английским звуком [е] не смягчаются. При произнесении английского звука [е], средняя часть языка поднята к нёбу выше, чем при произнесении русского звука [э], а расстояние между челюстями уже.
Ten men mend seven hedges,
Seven men mend ten hedges.
If ten men didn’t mend seven hedges,
Would seven men mend ten hedges?
Jen spent ten pence on a dress,
Jem spent seven pence on a sweater.
Can Jen spend seven pence on a dress?
Can Jem spend ten pence on a sweater?
Fresh bread smells better than fresh eggs,
Fresh eggs smell better than fresh lemons.
If fresh bread didn’t smell better than fresh eggs,
Would fresh eggs smell better than fresh lemons?
Pen never sends letters in red envelopes,
Peg never sends letters in yellow envelopes.
If Pen sent letters in red envelopes,
Would Peg send letters in yellow envelopes?
Em and Ed’s friends presented them a desk,
Em and Ed’s relatives presented them a bed.
Which wedding present is more expensive:
The friends’ desk or the relatives’ bed?
Звук [f] произносится как русский звук [ф], но энергичнее и без участия верхней губы.
Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [f] не смягчается.
The first fly flies forty-four feet,
The fourth fly flies forty-five feet,
The fifth fly flies fifty-four feet.
What fly flies fifty-five feet?
The first flat is on the fifty-first floor,
The fourth flat is on the fifty-fourth floor,
The fifth flat is on the fifty-fifth floor.
Which flat is furnished finer, in fact?
A fat Finnish fisher fried for a funny feast on Friday
Forty-four fries, forty-five flukes,
Fifty-four flitches and fifty-five flatfishes
Found freshly in a far fiord.
Federico Fellini finished in February of the fifty-fifth
A film-farce far-famed in the fifties,
Featuring a famous French filmstar of the fifties,
Fixing fairly for her a fantastic fee!
Frank’s father followed a fox’s footprints in a forest,
Fred’s father followed a ferret’s footprints in a field,
Phil’s father followed a frog’s footprints in a fen,
Whose footprints finished by the fence?
Звук [r] - очень слабый согласный, лишь условно сравниваемый с русским звуком [р]. Произносится звук [r] с положением органов речи, как для русского звука [ж], но щель, образуемая между поднятым кончиком языка и передней частью твёрдого нёба, несколько шире, чем для звука [ж]. Кончик языка загнут назад и не должен вибрировать. Вибрируют при произнесении английского звука [r] только голосовые связки. Средняя и задняя части языка остаются плоскими. Во избежании замены английского звука [r] русским звуком [р], следует помнить о том, что при образовании английского звука [r], язык не ударяется ни о зубы, ни о верхние ткани полости рта, оставаясь неподвижным.
Ray raises rams on Roy’s ranch,
Roy raises rams on Ray’s ranch.
If Ray didn’t raise rams on Roy’s ranch,
Would Roy raise rams on Ray’s ranch?
Rose Reed replants red roses,
And the red roses ramp around a rail.
If Rose Reed didn’t replant the red roses recently,
Would the red roses ramp around the rail?
A rector refreshes in a refectory,
A referee refreshes in a restaurant.
If the rector didn’t refresh in a refectory,
Would the referee refresh in a restaurant?
A rangy ragman in a red ragged raglan
Ranges around a rag fair with a red rag bag.
If the rangy ragman wasn’t in the red ragged raglan,
Would he range around the rag fair with the red rag bag?
Rita replaces radish in a refection’s receipt,
Ruth replaces rice in a relish’s receipt.
If Rita didn’t replace radish in the refection’s receipt,
Would Ruth replace rice in the relish’s receipt?
[ I ]
Краткий гласный звук [I] произносится без напряжения. Качественно (по месту и способу артикуляции) и количественно (по долготе) противопоставляется долгому звуку . Английский звук [I] слегка напоминает безударный русский звук [и] в слове игра и ударный русский звук [и] после шипящих. Для правильной артикуляции звука [I], язык следует располагать во рту ниже, чем при произношении русского звука [и]. Согласные звуки перед звуком [I] не смягчаются, на что нужно обращать особое внимание. В то же время, английский звук [I] не должен походить на русский звук [ы].
Kit babysits with Nik’s sister,
Nik babysits with Kit’s sister.
If Kit didn’t babysit with Nik’s sister,
Would Nik babysit with Kit’s sister?
Mister Twister daily visits a busy city
With many office buildings.
Is it easy to live in a busy city
With many office buildings?
A pink sink is behind a big fridge,
The big fridge is in front of the pink sink.
If the pink sink wasn’t behind the big fridge,
Would the big fridge be in front of the pink sink?
A single singer drinks milk in the morning,
A single artist drinks coffee for his dinner.
If the single singer didn’t drink milk in the morning,
Would the single artist drink coffee for his dinner?
Village builders build bridges over rivers,
City builders build cinemas on hills.
If village builders didn’t build bridges over rivers,
Would city builders build cinemas on hills?
Звук [g] произносится как ослабленный русский звук [г].
Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [g] не смягчается.
Grace Gordon got a grey garlic and green gherkins
From a greengrocer to garnish a greasy grilled goose.
Are the grey garlic and the green gherkins
A good garnish for a greasy grilled goose?
A grey gardener is going to go through a green gate
On green grass of a gorgeous garden, by a grey garage,
By garden-beds with gales to a glasshouse
To get some greenery for a glamour garden-party.
Grey goats graze on green grass growing in a gorge,
Grey geese graze on green grass growing in a garden.
Which grass is greener: growing in the gorge
Or growing in the garden where the grey geese graze?
Gregory Gael gathered his great-grandchildren
To give them a golf game on green grass of his garden.
Guess if Gregory Gael’s great-grandchildren got gay
From the golf game on green grass of his garden!
A gay guide greets gladly in Greek groups of Greek guests
In Getty gallery gathering Goya, Gaugain and Van Gogh.
If Getty gallery didn’t gather Goya, Gaugain and Van Gogh
Would the gay guide greet gladly in Greek groups of guests?
Звук [s] напоминает русский звук [с], но произносится энергичнее. Язык, по сравнению с русским звуком [с], при произнесении английского звука [s] поднят кверху, и струя воздуха проходит между кончиком языка и тканями позади передних верхних зубов, а не между языком и самими зубами. Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [s] не смягчается.
A single singer sings a sad song
About sixty-six sisters sitting by the sea at sunset.
If sixty-six sisters weren’t sitting by the sea,
Would the single singer sing the sad song about them?
Cecil’s sisters send to Cecil’s sons in Seattle
Suitcases with sixty-six sweaters of “S” size.
If Cecil’s sons weren’t in Seattle,
Would Cecil’s sisters send them sixty-six sweaters?
Some small restaurants in the centre of the city
Serve six sorts of seafood soups on Sundays.
Some small restaurants in the south of the city
Serve seven sorts of seafood soups on Saturdays.
Sally’s sister spent sixty-six pence on sauces,
Sarah’s sister spent sixty-seven pence on sauces,
Susan’s sister spent seventy-six pence on sauces.
Whose sister spent seventy-seven pence on sauces?
Sixty-six sisters sewed sixty-six silk skirts,
Sixty-seven sisters sewed sixty-seven silk skirts,
Seventy-six sisters sewed seventy-six silk skirts.
Did seventy-seven sisters sew seventy-seven silk skirts?
[ I : ]
Долгий гласный звук произносится напряжённо. Качественно и количественно противопоставляется краткому звуку [i]. Английский звук несколько напоминает русский звук [и] в слове ива, если произнести его напряжённо и протяжно. Согласные звуки перед звуком не смягчаются. Помимо долготы, английский звук отличается неоднородностью звучания на всём протяжении. При произнесении звука язык движется в полости рта вперёд в вверх.
CD is cheaper than DVD,
DVD is cheaper than MP3,
MP3 is cheaper than TV,
Is CD cheaper than TV?
Fifteen teens eat fifteen sweets,
Sixteen teens eat sixteen sweets.
If fifteen teens didn’t eat fifteen sweets,
Would sixteen teens eat sixteen sweets?
Greek teachers teach speaking Greek,
Sweden teachers teach speaking Sweden.
If Greek teachers didn’t teach speaking Greek,
Would Sweden teachers teach speaking Sweden?
Pete weekly leaves green field
To see the deep sea from a clean beach.
Does Pete feel sleepy on the clean beach
Seeing the deep sea each week?
Eastern people eat meals in the evening
With meat, cheese, cream, sweets and tea.
Is it easy for Eastern people to eat in the evening
Meat, cheese, cream, sweets and tea?
[ ʤ ]
Звук [ʤ] произносится так же, как [ʧ], но с голосом, менее энергично и всегда со вторым мягким элементом [ʒ].
Jean jellies ginger jam in June,
Jess jellies ginger jam in July.
If Jean didn’t jelly ginger jam in June,
Could Jess jelly ginger jam in July?
Judy Jones jigs with Jim James,
Jozy James jives with Job Jones.
If Judy Jones didn’t jig with Jim James,
Could Jozy James jive with Job Jones?
A German jockey gentles a Gipsy gee-gee,
A Gipsy jockey gentles a German gee-gee.
If the German jockey didn’t gentle the Gipsy gee-gee,
Could the Gipsy jockey gentle the German gee-gee?
John changed a jug of juice to a jar of gin,
Jane changed a jar of gin to a jug of juice.
If John didn’t change the jug of juice to the jar of gin,
Could Jane change the jar of gin to the jug of juice?
Jack’s job is to jewel jewel-boxes with jasper,
Jeff’s job is to jewel jewel-cases with jet,
If Jack’s job wasn’t to jewel jewel-boxes with jasper,
Could Jeff’s job be to jewel jewel-cases with jet?
Звук [∫] произносится как смягчённый русский звук [ш], но не настолько мягкий, как звук [щ]. Положение кончика языка, как при произнесении английского звука [s], но щель, в которую пропускается воздух, более широкая, а органы речи напряжены меньше.
Sharon washed dishes in a dishwasher,
Next she washed shades in a washing machine.
Should she wash the dishes in the dishwasher
Before washing the shades in the washing machine?
A shifty shopkeeper shut the shop’s shutters
To show on a shelf shabby shammy shoes.
Should the shifty shopkeeper shut the shop’s shutters
To show on the shelf the shabby shammy shoes?
A shingly shore shelves to a shelly shelf,
A shelly shore shelves to a shingly shelf.
If the shingly shore didn’t shelve to the shelly shelf,
Would the shelly shore shelve to the shingly shelf?
A sharp sheik and a shifty shah shared the shot
For a shindig in Sheraton with shrimps, sherbet and sherry.
Should a shilly-shally chef of Sheraton
Shirk the shindig with shrimps, sherbet and sherry?
A shoeless shoeshine showed to a shoemaker
A shabby shoebox with shoehorns, shoelaces and shoepolish.
Should the shoeless shoeshine show to the shoemaker
The shabby shoebox with shoehorns, shoelaces and shoepolish?
[ ɜ : ]
Долгий гласный звук [ɜ:] произносится напряжённо. Губы при произнесении звука [ɜ:] растянуты, зубы слегка обнажены. Согласные звуки перед звуком [ɜ:] не смягчаются. Английский звук [ɜ:] не должен напоминать русские звуки [о] и [э]. Именно звук [ɜ:], как правило, произносится носителями английского языка при обдумывании ответа или подборе нужного слова.
German learners learn German words,
Turkish learners learn Turkish words.
If German learners didn’t learn German words,
Would Turkish learners learn Turkish words?
The first skirt is dirtier than the third shirt,
The first shirt is dirtier than the third skirt.
If the first skirt wasn’t dirtier than the third shirt,
Would the first shirt be dirtier than the third skirt?
Bert’s servant served for his thirty-first birthday
Thirty burgers and thirteen desserts.
Is it early for Bert’s servant to serve for his thirty-third birthday
Thirteen burgers and thirty desserts?
German nurses earn more than Turkish nurses,
Turkish nurses earn less than German nurses.
Do German nurses deserve more than Turkish nurses?
Do Turkish nurses deserve less than German nurses?
The first expert prefers desserts to burgers,
The third expert prefers burgers to desserts.
If the first expert didn’t prefer desserts to burgers,
Would the third expert prefer burgers to desserts?
[ h ]
Аналогов звуку [h] в русском языке нет. Согласный звук [h] представляет собой простой выдох без участия языка и округления губ -как при дуновении на стекло с целью почистить его. Звук [h] не является шумным и ни в коем случае не должен напоминать русский звук [х].
Hugo Hall’s hobbyhorse is handball,
Harry Hill’s hobbyhorse is hockey.
If Hugo Hall’s hobbyhorse wasn’t handball,
How could Harry Hill’s hobbyhorse be hockey?
A housewife who holds her house by herself,
Has a home help who helps her.
If the housewife didn’t hold her house by herself,
How could she have a home help who helps her?
A hard-headed hunter hunts with a hawk,
A hard-hearted hunter hunts with a hound.
If the hard-headed hunter didn’t hunt with a hawk,
How could the hard-hearted hunter hunts with a hound?
A heedful herd herds his herd on a hill,
A heedless herd herds his herd on a heath.
If the heedful herd didn’t herd his herd on the hill,
How could the heedless herd her herd on the heath?
A hirsute hippie hitchhikes on highways,
A homeless hippie hoboеs on Hollywood hills.
If the hirsute hippie didn’t hitchhike on highways,
How could the homeless hippie hobo on Hollywood hills?
Звук [t] напоминает русский звук [т], но произносится энергичнее и с придыханием перед гласными звуками. По сравнению с русским звуком [т], при произнесении английского звука [t], кончик языка приподнят к тканям, расположенным позади передних зубов. Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [t] не смягчается. Следует избегать призвука [ə] перед сочетаниями со звуками [n] и [l], для чего образующийся между звуками [t] и [n] мгновенной паузе надлежит придавать носовую артикуляцию, а мгновенной паузе между звуками [t] и [l] соответственно боковую артикуляцию (по месту образования - между опущенными в одну сторону боковым краем языка и щекой).
Terry teaches Technology from two to ten,
Tilly teaches Tennis from ten to twelve.
Which teaching takes more time:
Terry’s Technology or Tilly’s Tennis?
Tim told Tom a true story about twenty-two tall trees
That Tim planted at a mountain top.
Is Tim’s story about twenty-two tall trees
At the mountain top totally true?
Thomas takes a table in a Turkish restaurant
To taste twenty-two hot tomatoes.
If Thomas didn’t take a table in the Turkish restaurant,
Could he taste twenty-two hot tomatoes?
Mister Twister put in a white suitcase
Two pairs of tweed trousers, eight white T-shirts,
Ten Turkish towels, twelve tweed coats, twenty white ties,
Twenty-two tick hats and twenty-eight white tops, too.
It takes Ted twenty minutes to travel to town by tram,
It takes Toby twelve minutes to travel to town by train,
It takes Tony ten minutes to travel to town by taxi.
What a terrible transport system!
[ ɒ ]
Краткий гласный звук [ɒ] произносится без напряжения. Английский звук [ɒ] отчасти похож на русский звук [о] в слове конь, если его произносить не округляя и не выпячивая губы. При произнесении звука [ɒ], необходимо максимально отодвинуть назад язык, как при произнесении звука , и, широко раскрывая рот, попытаться добиться минимального округления губ.
Rock concerts shock pop icons,
Pop concerts shock rock icons.
If rock concerts didn’t shock pop icons,
Would pop concerts shock rock icons?
Rob often drops his wallet in shops,
Tom often drops his wallet at stops.
If Rob didn’t often drop his wallet in shops,
Would Tom often drop his wallet at stops?
Dolly wants to watch novels on TV,
Polly wants to watch horrors on TV.
If Dolly didn’t want to watch novels on TV,
Would Polly want to watch horrors on TV?
John locks his modern office at five o’clock,
Rolf locks his modern office at six o’clock.
If John didn’t lock his modern office at five o’clock,
Would Rolf lock his modern office at six o’clock?
A box of olives costs more than a bottle of squash,
A bottle of squash costs less than a box of olives.
If a box of olives didn’t cost more than a bottle of squash,
Would a bottle of squash cost less than a box of olives?
[ j ]
Звук [j] произносится как заметно ослабленный русский звук [й].
US students are younger than UK junkers,
UK junkers are cuter than US students.
If US students weren’t younger than UK junkers,
Could UK junkers be cuter than US students?
New Year’s menu usually uses
Cukes, onion, yoghurt, Yorkshire and cucumbers.
How can New Year’s menu usually use
Cukes, onion, yoghurt, Yorkshire and cucumbers?
Yankee yachtsmen’s yachts yaw for one yard,
Yakut yachtsmen’s yachts yaw for two yards.
If Yankee yachtsmen’s yachts didn’t yaw for one yard,
Could Yakut yachtsmen’s yachts yaw for two yards?
Uniformed yardmen yap with uniformed yardmasters,
Uniformed yardmasters yap with uniformed yardmen.
If uniformed yardmen didn’t yap with uniformed yardmasters,
Could uniformed yardmasters yap with uniformed yardmen?
Yesterday a new newsagent introduced a newspaper
That continues to interview young popular musicians.
Why the new newsagent introduced the newspaper
That continues to interview young popular musicians?
[ θ ]
Аналогов звуку [θ] в русском языке нет. При произнесении сильного английского согласного звука [θ], язык лежит плоско во рту, и его кончик находится между передними верхними и нижними зубами. В образуемую таким способом щель между краем верхних зубов и кончиком языка, выдыхается воздух. Во избежании образования звука [f], зубы должны быть обнажены так, чтобы нижняя губа не касалась верхних зубов. Во избежание образования звука [s], кончик языка должен находиться между зубами, а сам язык оставаться плоским, особенно его передняя часть.
Three thievish thieves thieve thirty things,
Thirty thievish thieves thieve three things.
If three thieves didn’t thieve thirty things,
Would thirty thieves thieve three things?
Three therapists threw three thermometers
In three thick thickets of thorny thistle.
Why did three therapists throw three thermometers
In three thick thickets of thorny thistle?
Thirty-three thousand and thirteen thinkers thought
Thirty-three thousand and thirteen thoughts.
Did thirteen thousand and thirty-three thinkers think
Thirteen thousand and thirty-three thoughts?
Three theatres thrill thirty thousand of theatergoers
By thirty thousand thrilling thrillers on Thursdays.
Did thirty theatres thrill three thousand of theatergoers
By three thousand thrilling thrillers on Thursdays?
The theme of thesis of theatrical theorists is theatre,
The theme of thesis of theological theorists is the theology,
If the theme of thesis of theatrical theorists was the theology,
Would the theme of thesis of theological theorists be theatre?
[ ɔ : ]
Долгий гласный звук [ɔ:] произносится напряжённо, при оттянутом назад языке и сильно округлённых губах. Следует избегать характерного для артикуляции русского звука [о] выпячивания губ, которое приводит к образованию несвойственного английскому звуку [ɔ:] призвука [у].
All Paul’s daughters were born in Cork,
All Walt’s daughters were born in York.
Why were all Paul’s daughters born in Cork?
Why were all Walt’s daughters were born in York?
Four explorers explore forty waterfalls,
Forty explorers explore four waterfalls.
If four explorers didn’t explore forty waterfalls,
Would forty explorers explore four waterfalls?
Football’s a more important sport than baseball,
Baseball’s a less important sport than football.
If football wasn’t a more important sport than baseball,
Would baseball be a less important sport than football?
A poor lord always goes for a walk
With a small Walkman at quarter to four in the morning.
Is the poor lord already bored with his walks
With a small Walkman at quarter to four in the morning?
Dora’s daughter is taller than Nora’s daughter,
Nora’s daughter is shorter than Dora’s daughter.
If Dora’s daughter wasn’t taller than Nora’s daughter,
Would Nora’s daughter be shorter than Dora’s daughter?
[ ʒ ]
Звук [ʒ] произносится как смягчённый русский звук [ж], но не настолько мягкий, как в слове вожжи. Звук [ʒ] отличается от звука [∫] только использованием голоса при его произнесении.
Beige lingerie is more usual than azure bijou,
Azure bijou is less usual than beige lingerie.
If beige lingerie wasn’t more usual than azure bijou,
Would azure bijou be less usual than beige lingerie?
Leisured gigolos are as usual as casual concierges,
Casual gigolos are as unusual as leisured concierges.
If leisured gigolos were as unusual as casual concierges,
Would casual gigolos be as usual as leisured concierges?
Caucasian userers usually measure their treasure,
Asian userers occasionally measure their treasure.
If Caucasian userers didn’t usually measure their treasure,
Could Asian userers occasionally measure their treasure?
Visual revision of a fuselage for corrosion usually
Occasions garage, camouflage and demontage of the fuselage.
Could visual revision of a fuselage for corrosion casually
Occasion garage, camouflage and demontage of the fuselage?
Liege bourgeois corteges are more luxurious than Bruges’,
Bruges bourgeois corteges are more prestigious than Liege’s.
If Liege bourgeois corteges weren’t more luxurious,
Would Bruges bourgeois corteges be more prestigious?
[ ð ]
Аналогов звуку [ð] в русском языке нет. Звук [ð] произносится так же, как звук [θ], но с голосом и менее энергично. Во избежании образования звука [v], зубы должны быть обнажены так, чтобы нижняя губа не касалась верхних зубов. Во избежании образования звука [z], кончик языка должен находиться между зубами, а сам язык оставаться плоским, особенно его передняя часть.
These brothers bathe with those brothers,
Those brothers bathe with these brothers.
If these brothers didn’t bathe with those brothers,
Would those brothers bathe with these brothers?
This leather’s smoother than that leather,
That leather’s smoother than this leather.
If this leather wasn’t smoother than that leather,
Would that leather be smoother than this leather?
This brother’s together with that brother,
That brother’s together with this brother.
If this brother wasn’t together with that brother,
Would that brother be together with this brother?
These clothes are rather for the southern weather,
Those clothes are rather for the northern weather.
If these clothes weren’t rather for the southern weather,
Would those clothes be rather for the northern weather?
These brothers gather with their mother,
Those brothers gather with their father.
If these brothers didn’t gather with their mother,
Would those brothers gather with their father?
[ ʊ ]
Краткий гласный звук [ʊ] произносится без напряжения. Качественно и количественно противопоставляется долгому . Основное его отличие от русского [у] заключается в том, что при произнесении [ʊ], губы почти не округляются и не выпячиваются.
A cook’s bookshelf is full of cookbooks,
A bookman’s bookcase is full of good books.
If the cook’s bookshelf wasn’t full of cookbooks,
Would the bookman’s bookcase be full of good books?
A good-looking woman cooks cookies
With sugar and gooseberry from a good cookbook.
If the cookbook wasn’t good,
Could the good-looking woman cook good cookies?
Good fullers are good at fulling wool,
Good cooks are good at cooking cookies,
Good bookmen are good at footnoting books.
Could good booksellers be good at booking books?
In July good-looking footballers full time footle
To good-looking booking-clerks at a booking-office.
Could the good-looking footballers full time footle
To the good-looking booking-clerks in a buffet?
Cooks look for cookbooks on bookstalls,
Bookmen look for good books in bookshops.
Could cooks look for cookbooks in bookshops?
Could bookmen look for good books on bookstalls?
Звук [k] произносится как русский звук [к], но энергичнее и с придыханием перед гласными звуками. Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [k] не смягчается.
Kate can calculate calories in a cup of coffee,
Carol can calculate calories in a cup of cacao.
Can Kate calculate calories in a cup of cacao?
Can Carol calculate calories in a cup of coffee?
The café close to the chemist closes at one o’clock,
The café close to the castle closes at two o’clock,
The café close to the cathedral closes at three o’clock.
Can the café close to the cloister close at four o’clock?
A cool captain in a cap and a cape cons calmly
Crafts with cargo keeping course to Calcutta.
If the cool captain wasn’t in the cap and the cape
Could he con calmly crafts with cargo to Calcutta?
A clever cook cleans a cooker in a cozy kitchen
To cook crisp cookies on a clean cooker.
If the clever cook didn’t clean the cooker in the cozy kitchen
Can she cook crisp cookies on the clean cooker?
A Canadian cannery can can carrots in cool cans,
A Columbian cannery can can cucumbers in cool cans,
Can the Canadian cannery can cucumbers in cool cans,
And can the Columbian cannery can carrots in cool cans?
[ v ]
Звук [v] произносится как ослабленный русский звук [в], но без участия верхней губы. Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [v] не смягчается.
A very versed valuer valued the value
Of the vanished Venetian vase in Vatican.
Why did the very versed valuer value the value
Of the Venetian vase vanished from Vatican?
A village vet visits villagers in the vicinity
To vaccinate village calves from a virulent virus.
If the village vet didn’t visit villagers in the vicinity,
Could he vaccinate the village calves from the virulent virus?
Vincent Voice vanquished Vivienne Vogue
With very vivid verses in a velvet valentine.
If did Vincent Voice versify his velleity in the velvet valentine,
To vanquish Vivienne Vogue?
A very virtuous violinist vanned in a van to Vancouver
A viatic valise with a viol, a viola and a violin.
Was a venture for the very virtuous violinist to van in the van
The viatic valise with the viol, the viola and the violin?
A very venal vinedresser views a vast valley
With vineries and vineyards to value the vintage.
If the very venal vinedresser didn’t view the vast valley,
Could he value the vintage of the vineries and vineyards?
[ u: ]
Долгий гласный звук произносится напряжённо. Качественно и количественно противопоставляется краткому звуку [ʊ]. Помимо долготы, английский звук , как и звук , отличается неоднородностью звучания на всём протяжении. При произнесении звука , язык движется в полости рта назад и вверх. Губы в начальный момент заметно округлены и, по мере движения языка, округляются ещё сильнее. Во избежание замены английского звука русским звуком [у], при округлении губ, не следует их выпячивать.
Ruth views ruined Pluto’s statues,
Luke views ruined Neptune’s statues.
If Ruth didn’t view ruined Pluto’s statues,
Would Luke view ruined Neptune’s statues?
A school’s menu usually includes
Seafood soup, noodles and stewed fruit.
A university’s menu usually includes
Goose, cucumbers, mushrooms and fruit juice.
There are two blue suits in Lew’s suitcase,
There are two blue shoes in Sue’s suitcase.
If there weren’t two blue suits in Lew’s suitcase,
Would there be two blue shoes in Sue’s suitcase?
A cute beauty saloon usually uses
Perfume, shampoo and toothpaste produced in the US.
Is it usual for a cute beauty saloon to use
Perfume, shampoo and toothpaste produced in the US?
Judy’s room has a beautiful view of a pool,
Lucy’s room has a beautiful view of ruins.
If Judy’s room didn’t have a beautiful view of the pool,
Would Lucy’s room have a beautiful view of the ruins?
[ l ]
В отличии от русского звука [л], английский звук [l] произносится с участием кончика языка, который касается тканей непосредственно за передними верхними зубами. Перед гласными звучит несколько мягче, но не так, как русский звук [ль]. В то же время, в положении не перед гласными звуками, английский звук [l] никогда не звучит так же твёрдо, как русский звук [л].
A lass lays lacy lingerie up in lime,
A laundress lays lawny lingerie up in lily,
A lady-help lays linen lingerie up in lilac.
What lingerie does a landlady lay up in lavender?
A loyal lackey in a laky livery lights
Lamps in a lobby later than lamps in a library.
If the loyal lackey wasn’t in the laky livery,
Would he light lamps in the lobby later than in the library?
A limber lady-help laid lately in a little larder
Lots of lard, lamb, leek, liver, leaven, lentil,
Lettuce, limes, lemons, loaves and lobsters.
Does the lady-help like a lack of livelihood?
A large lorry is a lot longer than a little lorry,
A little lorry is a lot lighter than a large lorry.
If the large lorry wasn’t longer than the little lorry,
Would the little lorry be lighter than the large lorry?
A law lecturer labours in a little lab,
A letters lectuter labours in a large library.
If the law lecturer doesn’t labour in the little lab,
Would the letters lectuter labour in the large library?
Аналогов звуку [w] в русском языке нет. Английский звук [w] получается мгновенным пропусканием струи воздуха через щель, образуемую сильно округлёнными и слегка выпяченными губами. Зубы не касаются нижней губы. Звук [w] произносится очень кратко и слабо, губы совершают движение, как при задувании свечи.
A washwoman warms water on Wednesdays
To wash woolen wear from a wooden wardrobe.
Why does the washwoman warm water on Wednesdays
To wash the woolen wear from the wooden wardrobe?
We wear woolen wear in winter,
While we wear waterproofs in wet weather.
Why do we wear woolen wear in winter,
While we wear waterproofs in wet weather?
A wide-awake warden walks weekly
Along the westward wall of a wax works.
Why does the wide-awake warden walks weekly
Along the westward wall of the wax works?
A white wizard works wonders with a wand,
While a wicked witch works wonders with words.
Why does the white wizard work wonders with the wand,
While the wicked witch works wonders with the words?
Whales want to wallow in warm waves,
While walruses want to wallow in white waves.
Why do the whales want to wallow in warm waves,
While the walruses want to wallow in white waves?
[ Λ ]
Краткий гласный звук [Λ] произносится напряжённо. Положение языка во рту, как при молчании. Английский звук [Λ] похож на русский звук [а], произносимый в первом предударном слоге после твёрдых согласных на месте русских букв а и о, как например в словах скала и кора. По сравнению с русским ударным звуком [а], при произнесении английского звука [Λ], язык отодвинут назад, а задняя его часть приподнята. Чрезмерно отодвинутый назад языка приведёт к образованию звука, близкого к английскому звуку [Λ], что будет являться грубой фонематической ошибкой, так как данные звуки нередко выполняют смыслоразличительную функцию.
Sometimes for a Monday lunch
Someone cuts one onion and some cucumbers.
Sometimes for a Sunday lunch
Someone cuts one onion and some mushrooms.
A funny puppy runs in front of a pub,
A fluffy puppy runs in front of a club.
If the funny puppy didn’t run in front of the pub,
Would the fluffy puppy run in front of the club?
Uncle Douglas comes in pubs on Mondays,
Uncle Humphry comes in clubs on Sundays.
If Uncle Douglas didn’t come in pubs on Mondays,
Would Uncle Humphry come in clubs on Sundays?
Sometimes in summer months lucky hunters
Hurry up to hunt monkeys in a sunny jungle.
But if the jungle wasn’t sunny,
Would the lucky hunters hurry up to hunt monkeys?
Douglas’ son is younger than Humphry’s brother,
Humphry’s son is younger than Douglas’ brother.
If Douglas’ son wasn’t younger than Humphry’s brother,
Would Humphry’s son be younger than Douglas’ brother?
Звук [m] произносится как ослабленный русский звук [м].
Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [m] не смягчается.
A mad maid mixed for a morning meal
Maize, milk, meat, mint, mash, merry,
Melon, mango, marrow, mutton and mustard.
May the mad maid’s mister get a malady?
A marine map-maker must mark on maps
Much more moles, mulls and marinas.
A martial map-maker must mark on maps
Much more marshes, meadows and massives.
A merry miller mills millet at midday,
A morose miller mills millet at midnight.
If the merry miller didn’t mill millet at midday,
Would the morose miller mill millet at midnight?
Mag’s mum may make marmalade of mango,
Mat’s mum may make marmalade of melon.
If Mag’s mum may not make marmalade of mango,
May Mat’s mum make marmalade of melon?
A mighty mayor may miss a Monday meeting
To meet most of Military Ministry’s members.
If the mayor doesn’t meet the Military Ministry’s members,
May he miss the Monday morning meeting?
Звук [z] произносится как ослабленный русский звук [з].
Отличается от русского звука [з] тем же, чем английский звук [s] от русского звука [с].
Перед гласными звуками [e], [i], , [ɜ:] и согласным звуком [j], звук [z] не смягчается.
A zealous musician visits Museum of Music
To examine an exhibit of the Beatles’ possessions.
If the exhibit didn’t possess the Beatles’ possessions,
Would his examinations be so pleasant?
The Brazilian president always uses his position
To puzzle his wise opposition by refusing
Hesitating pauses as easy as praising phrases
And surprising examples in his presentations.
An exacting blizzard in Wales on Tuesday
Caused freezing dozens thousand amazing roses.
Was rising prices on roses in Wales
A result of the exacting blizzard on Tuesday?
The season of tourism in zones of Amazon in Brazil
Is always closed with hazes, breezes and drizzles.
Was a disaster for the season of tourism
In the zones of Amazon a blizzard on Tuesday?
A Zulu zoologist visited Zurich zoo on Tuesday
To examine dozens noisy zebras, dozens lazy lizards
And dozens crazy chimpanzees from a desert on Zanzibar.
Was the Zulu zoologist exhausted as a result?
[ ə ]
Краткий нейтральный (образуемый языком в нейтральном положении) гласный звук [ə] произносится без напряжения. Как и русский язык, английский язык характеризуется сильной качественной редукцией (ослабленным произношением гласных в безударных слогах). Так, звук, близкий английскому [ə], можно встретить во втором предударном и в двух заударных слогах в русских словах на месте гласных букв о, а и е после твёрдых согласных, например: садовод, даром, целиком. Ошибка при артикуляции английского [ə] возникает вследствие смешения парадигм редукции в английском и русском языках. Нейтральный гласный звук [ə] в английском встречается преимущественно в первом предударном и первом заударном слогах. Носители русского языка в первом и втором предударных слогах и втором заударном нередко произносят гласные, по степени качественной редукции близкие к русским. Частой ошибкой является произношение в первом предударном слоге английских слов русского [э] вместо [ə]. Для устранения этой ошибки необходимо не смещать язык в переднюю часть рта, сохраняя его в нейтральном срединном положении.
Canada is colder than Korea,
Korea is hotter than Canada.
If Canada wasn’t colder than Korea,
Would Korea be hotter than Canada?
Amazon is longer than Volga,
Volga is shorter than Amazon.
If Amazon wasn’t longer than Volga,
Would Volga be shorter than Amazon?
Everest is higher than Olympus,
Olympus is lower than Everest.
If Everest wasn’t higher than Olympus,
Would Olympus be lower than Everest?
Debora’s family is her father and mother,
Helena’s family is her sister and brother.
If Debora’s family wasn’t her father and mother,
Would Helena’s family be her sister and brother?
Jonathan addresses his letters to Nicholas,
Nicholas addresses his letters to Jonathan.
If Jonathan didn’t address his letters to Nicholas,
Would Nicholas address his letters to Jonathan?
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[ b ]
Betty Botta bought some butter,
“But, she said, this butter’s bitter,
But a bit of better butter will make my batter better”.
So, she bought a bit of butter better than the bitter butter,
And it made her batter better.
So, it was batter Betty Botta’s bought a bit of better butter.
A big black bug bit a big black bear,
A big black bear bit a big black bug.
Bill Board had a board bill and a billboard.
Both the board bill and the billboard bored Bill Board.
So, Bill Board sold the billboard to pay his board bill and now
Neither the board bill nor the billboard will bore Bill Board.
black back bat
The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
Bobby Bippy bought a bat. Bobby Bippy bought a ball. With his bat Bob banged the ball Banged it bump against the wall But so boldly Bobby banged it That he burst his rubber ball "Boo!" cried Bobby Bad luck ball Bad luck Bobby, bad luck ball Now to drown his many troubles Bobby Bippy"s blowing bubbles.
Bake big batches of brown blueberry bread.
I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits. Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mixer and brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines. Said to be a diction test for would-be radio announcers: To be read clearly, without mistakes, in less than 20 seconds (from Coronet Magazine, August 1948).
[ d ]
Ken Dodd"s dad"s dog "s dead.
Dust is a disk"s worst enemy.
How much dew does a dewdrop drop If dewdrops do drop dew? They do drop, they do As do dewdrops drop If dewdrops do drop dew.
When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?
[ f ]
Four furious friends fought for the phone. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
Love"s a feeling you feel when you feel you"re going to feel the feeling you"ve never felt before.
Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France .
Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.
East Fife Four, Forfar Five
It"s not the cough that carries you off, it"s the coffin they carry you off in!
[ g ]
A group of Greek gourmets agreed that the game under grapefruit juice was first-grade.
A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed gradually giving gophers gooey guts.
If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole.
Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen.
John, where Peter had had "had had", had had "had"; "had had" had had his master"s approval.
The horses" hard hooves hit the hard highroad.
The hammerman hammers the hammer on the hard highroad.
When in high spirits, I eat honey and ham and hum happy songs.
[ k ]
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
If you can"t can any candy can, how many candy cans can a candy canner can if he can can candy cans ?
She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in. An actor"s vocal warmup for ips and tongue.
Chicken in the car and the car can go, that is the way you spell Chicago .
If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep their coloured coat coloured properly?
How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans.
[ l ]
Luke"s duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke"s duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
Yally Bally had a jolly golliwog. Feeling folly, Yally Bally Bought his jolly golli" a dollie made of holly! The golli", feeling jolly, named the holly dollie, Polly. So Yally Bally"s jolly golli"s holly dollie Polly"s also jolly!
Little Lady Lilly lost her lovely locket.
Lucky little Lucy found the lovely locket.
Lovely little locket lay in Lucy"s pocket.
Lazy little Lucy lost the lovely locket.
[ m ]
Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.
There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.
Meter maid Mary married manly Matthew Marcus Mayo, a moody male mailman moving mostly metered mail.
[ n ]
Ann and Andy"s anniversary is in April.
You know New York . You need New York . You know you need unique New York .
Ninety-nine new-born babies need ninety-nine new napkins.
[ η ]
Don"t spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring next spring.
Mrs King is bringing something pink for Mr King to drink.
The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.
Thomas thinks of terrible things
And to the troubled teacher brings
Things that sing and things that sting,
Things which swing and things which cling,
Things that ping, and ring, and fling,
And of all these things thinks nothing.
[ 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 is the peck of pickled pipers Peter Piper picked?
Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, "tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
Pete"s pa Pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen.
Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick.
People pledging plenty of pennies.
[ r ]
Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.
Ray Rag ran across a rough road. Across a rough road Ray Rag ran. Where is the rough road Ray Rag ran across?
We gathered ripe red raspberries along the river road.
The three will probably drive across the Brooklyn Bridge.
[ s ]
Six slimy snails sailed silently.
Sixty-six sick chicks.
Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.
Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.
Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
When I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I ever saw, saw. If you"ve got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I"d like to see your saw saw.
I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.
A slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara.
I saw a saw in Arkansas , that would outsaw any saw I ever saw, and if you got a saw that will outsaw the saw I saw in Arkansas let me see your saw.
How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?
Mr. See owned a saw and Mr Soar owned a seesaw. Now See"s saw sawed Soar"s seesaw before Soar saw See.
Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.
Six twin screwed steel steam cruisers. Slick slim slippers sliding south.
Seven slick and sexy sealskin ski suits slid slowly down the slope.
You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!
[ t ]
Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit and twat, to learn the letter ""T"".
Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
Never trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you!
Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy"s Turtles tie.
But a harder thing still to do. What a to do to die today At a quarter or two to two. A terrible difficult thing to say But a harder thing still to do. The dragon will come at the beat of the drum With a rat-a-tat-tat a-tat-tat a-tat-to At a quarter or two to two today, At a quarter or two to two.
I know a boy named Tate who dined with his girl at eight eight. I"m unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight or what Tate"s tete a tete ate at eight eight.
There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.
A Tudor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, ""Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?""
No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.
Terry Teeter, a teeter-totter teacher, taught her daughter Tara to teeter-totter, but Tara Teeter didn"t teeter-totter as Terry Teeter taught her to.
Two tried and true tridents rudder valve reversals
If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the Hottentot tot be taught to say ought or naught or what ought to be taught "er?
Never trouble troubles till troubles trouble you. It only doubles troubles and troubles others, too.
Tried tickling your tongue today?
[ Θ ]
Theo thrust a thumb through two or three thick straw thatches.
The Leith police dismisseth us.
A thatcher of Thatchwood went to thatchet a thatching.
If the thatcher of Thatchwood went to thatchet a thatching
Where is the thatching the thatcher of Thatchwood has thatched?
The Golden Legend.
A thousand faiths with the common dream.
A thousand tongues with the common thing.
A thousand thoughts with the single plan.
Peace on Earth and good will to man.
The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.
There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.
Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
There those thousand thinkers were thinking where did those other three thieves go through.
Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.
I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn"t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn"t have thought so much.
He threw three balls.
[ ∫ ]
I wish you were a fish in my dish
Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in education because the chief occupation is cultivation.
Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.
National Sheepshire Sheep Association.
[ t ∫ ]
Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.
Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the temperature"s up or whether the temperature"s down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature"s rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the catcher who"s watching the pitcher who"s watching the balls.
[ v ]
Valour and virtue are opposed to villainy and vulgarity.
[ w ]
What, when, where and why are the words we require quite often when we want to ask questions.
Which is the witch that wished the wicked wish?
William always wears a very warm white vest in winter.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck would chuck wood?
World Wide Web
Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why?
We won, we won, we won, we won, ...
While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington "s windows with warm washing water.
I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.
Whether the weather is cold
or whether the weather is hot
we weather the weather whatever the weather
whether we like it or not
[ z ]
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn"t very fuzzy, was he?
A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!
This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.
Susie is kept busy visiting zebras at the zoo.
[ æ ]
That handsome man standing with his back to the track has a hat in his hand.
Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat.
Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she"s sad. Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she"s glad. But the sadness of her sadness, and the gladness of her gladness, Are nothing like her madness when she"s mad!
[ 3 ]
Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia .
Eat with pleasure, drink in measure.
The passengers of the jet-engine airplane flying to Germany
were agitated having become hostages of the hijackers.
“It"s hard to park such a large car in the dark”, Arthur remarked.
[ Λ ] - [ a: ]
Come, come, Stay calm, stay calm, No need for alarm, It only hums, It doesn"t harm
[ aι ]
I"m driving rather nice with Nigel sitting by my side.
Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye. If cows could fly I"d have a cow pie in my eye.
To put a pipe in byte mode, type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE .
Kanta is a masai girl, she can tie a tie and untie a tie, if kanta can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can"t I tie a tie and untie a tie?
Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike"s.
[ au ]
The mouse that I found in our house was running around in the lounge.
[ Λ ]
The gum has come unstuck in the sun and the colours have begun to run.
[ bl ] [ br ] [ b ]
Black background, brown background.
Red Buick, blue Buick
Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli ....
Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.
A black bloke"s back brake-block broke.
Red blood, green blood
A bloke"s bike back brake block broke.
Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.
Blake"s black bike"s back brake bracket block broke.
One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.
[ b ] [ z ]
Busy buzzing bumble bees.
[ d ] [ b ]
How much dough would Bob Dole dole if Bob Dole could dole dough? Bob Dole would dole as much dough as Bob Dole could dole, if Bob Dole could dole dough.
[ dl ] [ tl ]
[ e ]
My head got better when I went to bed at ten instead of eleven.
Eddie edited it.
Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.
[ eι ]
Mr Grey is waiting at the railway station for a train.
On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.
Pail of ale aiding ailing Al"s travails.
[ e∂ ]
The square hairbrushes that I lost are nowhere, upstairs or downstairs.
[ fl ]
A fly and flea flew into a flue, said the fly to the flea "what shall we do?" "let us fly" said the flea said the fly "shall we flee" so they flew through a flaw in the flue.
A flea and a fly in a flue, were imprisoned. So what could they do? Said the fly, ""Let us flee"".
Said the flea, ""Let us fly"". So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
Flies fly but a fly flies.
[ fr ] [ f ]
Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh.
[ fr ] [ fl ]
Fresh French fried fly fritters
Five fat friars frying flat fish.
Freshly fried fresh flesh
[ fr ] [ fl ] [ θr ]
He threw three free throws.
Fred Threlfall"s thirty-five fine threads are finer threads than Fred Threlfall"s thirty-five thick threads.
[ g ] [ k ]
How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
[ g ] [ k ] [ b ] [ d ]
A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!
Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood
Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.
The big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!
Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.
A big black bear sat on a big black bug.
The big black bug"s blood ran blue.
A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.
Black bug"s blood
Did Doug dig Dick"s garden or did Dick dig Doug"s garden?
[ gl ] [ gr ]
Green glass globes glow greenly.
Clowns grow glowing crowns.
Blue glue gun, green glue gun.
[ gr ]
The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?
Red blood, green blood
Great gray goats
Greek grapes. Greek grapes. Greek grapes.
[ gr ] [ kr ]
As he gobbled the cakes on his plate, the greedy ape said as he ate, the greener green grapes are, the keener keen apes are to gobble green grape cakes, they"re great!
Crush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes.
[ h ] [ g ]
How many boards Could the Mongols hoard If the Mongol hoards got bored?
How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.
[ i ]
Fit six thin bricks into this big tin lid.
Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
Thin grippy thick slippery.
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won"t wish the wish you wish to wish.
There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in. Now they"re fishing the fissure for Fisher.
[ i: ]
We need tea for three, please, for Jean, Steve and me.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!
The queen in green screamed.
I eat eel while you peel eel
Denise sees the fleece, Denise sees the fleas. At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.
Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs
[ ∫ ] [ s ]
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
She saw Sherif"s shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif"s shoes on the sofa?
She had shoulder surgery.
I"m a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I"m the sleekest sheet slitter that ever slit sheets.
Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.
How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets?
I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.
Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.
She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz.
Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...
The soldier"s shoulder surely hurts!
How much sh*t can a sh*t slinger sling If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t? He"d sling as much sh*t as a sh*t slinger could If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t!
Supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio.
Preshrunk silk shirts.
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?
She stood by Burgess"s fish sauce shop welcoming him in.
Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ...
She sells sea shells on the sea shore; The shells that she sells are sea shells I"m sure. So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore, I"m sure that the shells are sea shore shells.
She sees seas slapping shores.
There once was a man who had a sister, his name was Mr. Fister. Mr. Fister"s sister sold sea shells by the sea shore. Mr. Fister didn"t sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. Mr. Fister told his sister that he sold six silk sheets to six shieks. The sister of Mr. Fister said I sold six shells to six shieks too!
Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.
Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop. All day long she sits and shines, all day long she shines and sits, and sits and shines, and shines and sits, and sits and shines, and shines and sits. Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop.
Santa"s Short Suit Shrunk
I see a sea down by the seashore. But which sea do you see down by the seashore?
Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.
Silly sheep weep and sleep.
I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff.
Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities.
Miss Smith"s fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.
Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers Such skill as sewing shirts Our shy young sister Suzie shows Some soldiers send epistles Say they"d rather sleep in thistles Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Suzie sews.
Does this shop sport short socks with spots?
Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!
[ ∫ ] [ s ] [ θ ]
She sells sea-shells
On the sea-shore.
The shells that she sells
Are sea-shore shells, I"m sure.
Does this shop sell socks with spots?
Ashley is a shy fish.
Wishes don"t wash dishes.
Sherwood is on a fishing expedition.
Three short sword sheaths.
Suzie Seaword"s fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to sift.
[ ∫ ] [ θ ] [ f ]
Five fit fishers shipped six thick fish dishes.
The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
A fat-thighed freak fries thick fish.
Six selfish shellfish.
Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle-sifter,
Sifted sixty thistles through the thick of his thumb.
Thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stuck together.
[ ∫ ] [ t ∫ ] [ s ]
She sees cheese.
[ ι∂ ]
The bearded mountaineer has a fear of putting his beard into his beer.
Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear
[ k ] [ b ]
Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock.
How many berries could a bare berry carry, if a bare berry could carry berries? Well they can"t carry berries (which could make you very wary) but a bare berry carried is more scary!
[ k ] [ kl ] [ kr ]
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
Clean clams crammed in clean cans.
Clowns grow glowing crowns.
Critical cricket critic.
[ k ] [ n ] [ b ]
How many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans? As many cans as a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans.
[ k ] [ p ]
If Pickford"s packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that Pickford"s packers packed survive for two and a half years?
Octopus ocular optics.
How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
[ k ] [ p ] [ f ]
I"m not the fig plucker, Nor the fig plucker"s son, but I"ll pluck your figs till the fig plucker comes.
I am not a pheasant plucker, I"m a pheasant plucker"s son but I"ll be plucking pheasants When the pheasant plucker"s gone.
I am a mother pheasant plucker, I pluck mother pheasants. I am the best mother pheasant plucker,
that ever plucked a mother pheasant!
I"m not the fig plucker, nor the fig pluckers" son, but I"ll pluck figs Till the fig plucker comes.
I am not the pheasant plucker, I"m the pheasant plucker"s mate. I am only plucking pheasants "cause the pheasant plucker"s running late.
I"m a mother pheasant plucker. I pluck mother pheasants. I"m the pleasantest mother pheasant plucker, That ever plucked a mother pheasant. Actually, ... I"m Not the pheasant plucker, I"m the pheasant plucker"s son. But I"ll stay and pluck the pheasants Till the pheasant plucking "s done!
A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.
[ k ] [ r ]
When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. …
Snap Crackel pop, Snap Crackel pop, Snap Crackel pop
How much caramel can a canny hiccupping cram in a camel if a canny hiccupping can cram caramel in a camel?
Craig Quinn"s quick trip to Crabtree Creek.
[ k ] [ s ] [ t ]
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
I"m a sock cutter and I cut socks. I"m a sock cutter and I cut socks. I"m a sock cutter and I cut socks.
Knapsack strap.
If you"re keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts, buy a cunning stunning stunt kite.
Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.
A cat snaps a rat"s paxwax.
A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough ; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
Extinct insects" instincts, extant insects" instincts.
A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.
Federal Express is now called FedEx. When I retire I"ll be a FedEx ex. But if I"m an officer when I retire, I"ll be an ex Fedex Exec. Then after a divorce, my ex-wife will be an ex FedEx exec"s ex.
If I rejoin FedEx in time, I"d be an ex ex FedEx exec. When we remarry, my wife will be an ex ex FedEx exec"s ex.
[ k ] [ t ]
If Kantie can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can"t I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kantie can.
[ k ] [ t ] [ l ]
If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock or some joker who is slicker is going to trick you of your liquor if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock.
[ k ] [ t ] [ p ]
Old Mr. Hunt had a cuddy punt Not a cuddy punt but a hunt punt cuddy.
Mrs Hunt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat.
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt. Not a punt cut square, Just a square cut punt. It"s round in the stern and blunt in the front. Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
[ l ] [ m ] [ n ]
Aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum
Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
Lemon liniment.
[ r ] [ l ]
On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.
Red lolly, yellow lolly.
Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...
Rattle your bottles in Rollocks" van.
Really leery, rarely Larry.
Her whole right hand really hurts. difficult in Brazil
A lump of red leather, a red leather lump
Red leather, yellow leather, ...
Mallory"s hourly salary.
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Larry Hurley, a burly squirrel hurler, hurled a furry squirrel through a curly grill.
The little red lorry went down Limuru road.
The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver.
The rate collector correctly collected the late rates at a great rate.
Robert Rowley rolled a round roll round roll round.
[ m ] [ n ] [ d3 ]
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
[ m ] [ r ]
Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.
[ m ] [ r ] [ k ]
Mary Mac"s mother"s making Mary Mac marry me. My mother"s making me marry Mary Mac. Will I always be so Merry when Mary"s taking care of me? Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?
[ n ] [ ju: ]
Unique New York , unique New York , unique New York , ...
[ n ] [ l ]
Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
[ n ] [ r ]
Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
[ o ]
The socks that the shop had got in stock were not what I wanted.
Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott. However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but Nott. So, Ed Nott was shot and that"s hot! Is it not?
Octopus ocular optics.
[ oι ]
Joyce"s boyfriend has the noisiest Rolls-Royce with a destroyed motor.
How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?
[ o: ]
George ought to draw up a short report on this morning"s talk.
[ ∂: ]
Percy was the first to learn that the early bird catches the worm.
How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle? A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle.
[ ∂u ]
Joan"s boyfriend Joe knows that there is no snow in October.
No nose knows like a gnome"s nose knows.
Coy knows pseudonoise codes.
What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.
Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. For Moses, he knowses his toeses aren"t roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be.
[ p ] [ r ]
Pirates Private Property
How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.
[ s ] [ b ] [ r ]
Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...
[ s ] [ n ]
The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.
[ s ] [ t ]
Send toast to ten tense stout saints" ten tall tents.
A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.
Stupid superstition!
If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.
If you understand, say ""understand"". If you don"t understand, say ""don"t understand"". But if you understand and say ""don"t understand"". how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?
Admidst the mists and coldest frosts, With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts.
[ s ] [ θ ] [ f ]
One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. Four smart fellows, they felt smart. Five smart fellows, they felt smart. Six smart fellows, they felt smart.
A smart fella, a fella smart. It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart.
An elephant was asphyxiated in the asphalt.
[ s ] [ v ]
Seventy seven benevolent elephants
[ sw ]
Swan swam over the sea,
Swim, swan, swim.
Swan swam back again.
Well swum, swan!
Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards
[ t ] [ b ]
A turbot"s not a burbot, for a turbot"s a butt, but a burbot"s not.
Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, ...
[ t ] [ g ] [ b ]
Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
To begin to toboggan first, buy a toboggan. But do not buy too big a toboggan! Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.
[ θ ] [ d ]
Elizabeth "s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month
[ θ ] [ s ]
Seth at Sainsbury"s sells thick socks.
Six thick thistle sticks.
Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther"s slithering.
The Leith police dismisseth us They thought we sought to stay; The Leith police dismisseth us
They thought we"d stay all day. The Leith police dismisseth us, We both sighed sighs apiece;
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye Were the size of the Leith police.
A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.
Thin grippy thick slippery.
The seething sea ceaseth; thus the seething sea sufficeth us.
She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sieve of unsifted thistles and a sieve of sifted thistles and the sieve of unsifted thistles she sifts into the sieve of sifted thistles because she is a thistle-sifter.
King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb. A thousand thistles King Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb. If King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb, How many thistles did King Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb?
Customer: Do you have soothers? Shopkeeper (thinking he had said ""scissors""): No, we don"t have scissors.
Customer: Soothers! Shopkeeper: No, we don"t have scissors or soothers.
... scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, ... actual conversation in a shop in Canada , recorded by Don Monson
This Christmas Susie sips cider.
Sometimes Santa thinks silly thoughts.
Strange strategic statistics.
Sister Susie sits and sews sailors" shirts.
[ θ ] [ t ]
Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.
There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad, and a three toed, he toad, tree toad....
Tim, the thin twin tinsmith.
Thin sticks, thick bricks
Three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters. If three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters, where"s the twisters the three tree turtles talked?
[ t ∫ ] [ r ]
Richard"s wretched ratchet wrench.
[ t ∫ ] [ w ] [ k ] [ d ]
How much wood could Chuck Woods" woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods" woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods" woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods" woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods" woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a wooodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
[ t ∫ ] [ w ] [ s ]
There"s a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.
If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich .
Which witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished?
Three witches watch three swatch watches. Which witch watches which swatch watch?
Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watches which Swatch watch switch?
Three swiss witch-bitches, which wished to be switched swiss witch-bitches, watch three swiss Swatch watch switches. Which swiss witch-bitch, which wishes to be a switched swiss witch-bitch, wishes to watch which swiss Swatch watch switch?
[ t ∫ ] [ w ] [ s ] [ r ]
Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.
I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?
Switch watch, wrist watch.
Irish wristwatch Irish wristwatch Irish wristwatch
[ t ] [ n ]
Tie a knot, tie a knot. Tie a tight, tight knot. Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.
[ tw ]
If a twist twists a twister, and the twist that twists the twister
Untwists the twister, what becomes of the twist?
A twister of twists once twisted a twist; A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist; If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist, The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.
Tie twine to three tree twigs.
A twister of twists once twisted a twist. and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist.
now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist, would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.
Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
[ u ]
The cook took a good look at the pudding and put sugar in it.
[ u∂ ]
He was cured during his tour of Europe .
[ u: ]
Tuesday"s too soon to bring the new music stool into the school.
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
[ w ] [ g ]
Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, …
[ w ] [ r ] [ l ]
Willy"s real rear wheel
Real weird rear wheels
Rolling red wagons
We"re real rear wheels.
Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall
Willie"s really weary.
A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.
We will learn why her lowly lone, worn yarn loom will rarely earn immoral money.
[ w ] [ r ] [ t ]
What a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister...
Wow, race winners really want red wine right away!
The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives.
Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
[ w ] [ s ]
Esau Wood sawed wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. All the wood Wood saw, Esau sought to saw. One day Esau Wood"s wood-saw would saw no wood. So Esau Wood sought a new wood-saw. The new wood-saw would saw wood. Oh, the wood Esau Wood would saw. Esau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau Wood sawed wood.
[ w ] [ Θ ]
Whether the weather is fine or whether the weather is not,
Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot.
We"ll weather the weather whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
We wonder whether the weather will weather the wether
Or whether the weather the wether will kill.
Sweater weather, leather weather.
[ w ] [ v ]
Very well, very well, very well … However, however. however…
[ z ][ θ ] [ v ]
Here’s a health to all those that we love.
Here’s a health to all those who love us.
Here’s a health to all those that love them
That love those that love us. (a toast)
The more we study, the more we know,
The more we know, the more we forget,
The more we forget, the less we know,
The less we know, the less we forget,
The less we forget, the more we know,
Why study?
Стишки
To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock
In a pestilential prison with a life long lock
Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.
The bottle of perfume that Willy sent
Was highly displeasing to Millicent.
Her thanks were so cold
That they quarreled, I"m told
O"er that silly scent Willy sent Millicent
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!
If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted "cause the index doesn"t hash,
Then your situation"s hopeless, and your system"s gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
That"s repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
"Cause as sure as I"m a poet, the sucker"s gonna hang!
When the copy of your floppy"s getting sloppy on the disk,
And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
Then you have to flash your memory and you"ll want to ram your rom.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom!
There was a young man called Fisher
Who was fishing for fish in a fissure.
Then a cod with a grin
Pulled the fisherman in.
Now they"re searching the fissure for Fisher.
One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too.
I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess’s fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccupping, and wildly welcoming him within.
На этой странице собраны английские скороговорки (English tongue twisters) с аудио. Английские скороговорки помогают отточить произношение звуков в английском языке. Они отлично подходят для детей и взрослых. Стоит отметить, что большое количество английских скороговорок не несут в себе смысла, поэтому порой не удивляйтесь переводу. Это просто игра слов для того, чтобы улучшить свое произношение звуков.
A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!
A big bug bit a bold bald bear and the bold bald bear bled blood badly.
A bitter biting bittern Bit a better brother bittern, and the bitter better bittern Bit the bitter biter back. And the bitter bittern, bitten, By the better bitten bittern, said: "I"m a bitter biter bit, alack!"
A bloke"s bike back brake block broke.
A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits.
A canner can can anything that he can, But a canner can"t can a can, can he?
A certain young fellow named Beebee Wished to marry a lady named Phoebe "But," he said. "I must see What the minister"s fee be Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebee"
A cheap ship trip.
A cricket critic A black bug"s blood Irish wristwatch Legend tripping Liril.
A cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
A cupcake cook in a cupcake cook"s cap cooks cupcakes.
A dozen double damask dinner napkins.
A fat thrush flies through thick fog.
A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea, "Let us fly!" Said the fly, "Let us flee!" So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
A fly and flea flew into a flue, said the fly to the flea "what shall we do?" "let us fly" said the flea said the fly "shall we flee" so they flew through a flaw in the flue.
A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed gradually giving gophers gooey guts.
A gentle judge judges justly.
A haddock! A haddock! A black-spotted haddock! A black spot On the black back Of a black-spotted haddock!
A knapsack strap.
A lady sees a pot-mender at work at his barrow in the street. "Are you copper-bottoming them, my man?" "No, I"m aluminiuming "em, Mum"
A laurel-crowned clown.
A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.
A lump of red leather, a red leather lump.
A lusty lady loved a lawyer and longed to lure him from his laboratory.
A missing mixture measure.
A mother to her son did utter "Go, my son, and shut the shutter" "The shutter"s shut" the son did utter "I cannot shut it any shutter!"
A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.
A pack of pesky pixies.
A pessimistic pest exists amidst us. Knife and a fork bottle and a cork that is the way you spell New York. Chicken in the car and the car can go, that is the way you spell Chicago.
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.
Cedar shingles should be shaved and saved.
Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant
Cheap sheep soup.
Cheap ship trip.
Cheryl"s chilly cheap chip shop sells Cheryl"s cheap chips.
Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.
Chocolate chip cookies in a copper coffee cup.
Chop shops stock chops.
Cinnamon aluminum linoleum.
Clean clams crammed in clean cans.
Clowns grow glowing crowns.
Come kick six sticks quick.
Come, come, Stay calm, stay calm, No need for alarm, It only hums, It doesn"t harm.
Comical economists.
Cows graze in groves on grass which grows in grooves in groves.
Coy knows pseudonoise codes.
Crisp crusts crackle crunchily.
Crush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes.
Cuthbert"s cufflinks.
Dean"s Meals means deals.
Denise sees the fleece, Denise sees the fleas. At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.
Diligence dismisseth despondency.
Do drop in at the Dewdrop Inn.
Do thick tinkers think?
Does this shop sport short socks with spots?
Don"t pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.
Don"t spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring next spring.
Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in education because the chief occupation is cultivation.
Draw drowsy ducks and drakes.
Dust is a disk"s worst enemy.
Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs
East Fife Four, Forfar Five
Ed had edited it.
Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott. However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but Nott. So, Ed Nott was shot and that"s hot! Is it not?
Eleven benevolent elephants.
Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.
Elizabeth"s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.
Ere her ear hears her err, here ears err here.
Esau Wood sawed wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. All the wood Wood saw, Esau sought to saw. One day Esau Wood"s wood-saw would saw no wood. So Esau Wood sought a new wood-saw. The new wood-saw would saw wood. Oh, the wood Esau Wood would saw. Esau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau Wood sawed wood.
Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.
Extinct insects" instincts, extant insects" instincts.
False Frank fled Flo Friday.
Few free fruit flies fly from flames.
Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.
Flee from fog to fight flu fast!
Flies fly but a fly flies.
Four free-flow pipes flow freely.
Four furious friends fought for the phone.
Fran feeds fish fresh fish food.
Frank"s peers pranks feared.
Freckle-faced Freddie fidgets.
Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
Fresh French fried fly fritters.
Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh I tried.
Freshly fried flying fish, freshly fried flesh.
Friendly Frank flips fine flapjacks.
Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn"t fuzzy, was he?
Gail"s maid mailed jade.
Gale"s great glass globe glows green.
Gertie"s great-grandma grew aghast at Gertie"s grammar.
Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ...
Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle.
Give me the gift of a griptop sock: a drip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock.
Give Mr. Snipe"s wife"s knife a swipe.
Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.
Great glass globes gleam green.
Great gray gaping grape grates.
Great gray goats.
Greek grapes.
Green glass globes glow greenly.
Gus goes by Blue Goose bus.
Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock.
He threw three free throws.
Her whole right hand really hurts.
Hiccup teacup!
Higgledy-Piggedly!
Hi-Tech Traveling Tractor Trailor Truck Tracker.
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
How many berries could a bare berry carry, if a bare berry could carry berries? Well they can"t carry berries (which could make you very wary) but a bare berry carried is more scary!
How many boards Could the Mongols hoard If the Mongol hoards got bored?
How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cansas a canner can if a canner can can cans.
How many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans? As many cans as a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans.
How many cookies could a good cook cook. If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets?
How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?
How much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel if a canny canonball can cram caramel in a camel?
I am a mother pheasant plucker, I pluck mother pheasants. I am the best mother pheasant plucker, that ever plucked a mother pheasant!
I am not a pheasant plucker, I"m a pheasant plucker"s son but I"ll be plucking pheasants When the pheasant plucker"s gone.
I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits. Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mixer and brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines.
I bought a box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.
I can think of six thin things and of six thick things too.
I cannot bear to see a bear Bear down upon a hare. When bare of hair he strips the hare, Right there I cry, "Forbear!"
I correctly recollect Rebecca MacGregor"s reckoning.
I know a boy named Tate who dined with his girl at eight eight. I"m unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight or what Tate"s tte tte ate at eight eight.
I miss my Swiss Miss. My Swiss Miss misses me.
I need not your needles, they"re needless to me; For kneading of noodles, "twere needless, you see; But did my neat knickers but need to be kneed, I then should have need of your needles indeed. Flee from fog to fight flu fast!
I saw a saw in Arkansas, that would outsaw any saw I ever saw, and if you got a saw that will outsaw the saw I saw in Arkansas let me see your saw.
I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.
I saw Esau sitting on a seesaw. I saw Esau; he saw me.
I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!
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