Tongue Twisters (audio included)

Level
C1-C2
Listen or read the text and answer the questions below
  1. 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?

  2. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

  3. She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

  4. Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

  5. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

  6. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?

  7. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop.

  8. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

  9. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

  10. Black bug's blood.

  11. Red leather, yellow leather.

  12. Unique New York.

  13. Toy boat.

  14. Irish wristwatch.

  15. Freshly-fried flying fish.

  16. Eleven benevolent elephants.

  17. Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

  18. Swan swam over the sea, swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again, well swum, swan!

  19. Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed shilly-shallied south. These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack; sheep should sleep in a shed.

  20. Three thin thinkers thinking thick thoughtful thoughts.

  21. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

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

  23. I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

  24. Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.

  25. Six short slow shepherds.

  26. Stupid superstition!

  27. Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch slickly snared six sickly silky snakes.

  28. The big black bug bled black blood.

  29. How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies?

  30. Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.

  31. A black cat sat on a mat and ate a fat rat.

  32. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

  33. 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.

  34. I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.

  35. Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

  36. She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in.

  37. Swan swam over the sea, swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again, well swum, swan!

  38. Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.

  39. Two tiny timid toads trying to trot to Tarrytown.

  40. I thought a thought but the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

  41. How many berries could a bare berry carry if a bare berry could carry berries?

  42. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

  43. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.

  44. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

  45. The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.

  46. Red lorry, yellow lorry.

  47. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

  48. If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

  49. She sells sea shells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

  50. Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

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