Easy tongue twisters in English. Tongue twisters: tongue twisters in English

I have not mastered all 44 sounds of the English language yet. Today we will analyze 4 sounds - paired | ʃ | - | ʒ | and | ʧ | - | ʤ |.

For those who are reading this section for the first time, let me explain: we select several similar sounds and compare them with their Russian counterparts. Then we work out the correct pronunciation in several dozen words, tongue twisters and examples from songs.

1. English consonant sound | ʃ | - pronunciation

Pronounced in words: shape, she, shirt and etc.

The sound resembles Russian | w |, but there is an important difference:

Pay attention to the advice “make the sound more noisy”. Due to the different situation, the English version is more “hissing” (imagine when you or your friend “hissed” so that you can even hear a whistle).

It is also noisier and “sibilant”. This “noise” is perfectly heard in the pronunciation of actor Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon Cooper.

Leonard: What are you doing?
Sheldon: We’re going to be late. I'm pa c ing nervou s ly.
Leonard: You're jogging.
Sheldon: Thi s i s how the fla sh pa ces.
Leonard; Just chill out, Sheldon.
Sheldon: I’m not Sh eldon. I'm the Fla sh... And now I'm going to the Grand Canyon to s cream in fru s tra tion... I'm back.

Exercises for the sounds of English

So, we figured out the pronunciation. Now let's hone our skill on a set of words. We adjust the organs of speech to the desired position and proceed:

shower / ˈʃaʊə r /

shrimp / ʃrɪmp /

shoulder / ˈʃəʊldə r /

Tongue twisters for the sounds of English

Sh e sells sea sh ells by the sea sh ore. The sh ells sh e sells are s urely sea sh ells. So if sh e sells sh ells on the sea sh ore, I'm s ure sh e sells sea sh ore sh ells.
Sh irley has just fini sh ed wa sh ing this sh eet in the wa sh ing ma ch ine.
Sh aron wa sh ed di sh es in a di sh wa sh er, next sh e wa sh ed sh ades in a wa sh ing ma ch ine. Sh ould sh e wa sh the di sh es in the di sh wa sh er, before wa sh ing the sh ades in the wa sh ing ma ch ine?

And the last step is a line from a song that will stick into your auditory memory. I settled on the immortal song “Shake Shake Shake” by KC & The Sunshine Band.

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2. English consonant sound | ʒ | - pronunciation

Pronounced in words: vision, usual, beige, decision and etc.

Differs from the Russian version | f | exactly the same as its deaf predecessor.

Another important point - English sound | ʒ | does not stun at the end of words, ex .: bei ge ... He becomes weaker, but remains sonorous.

Examples of words with sound | ʒ |

pleasure / ˈpleʒə r /

measure / ˈmeʒə r /

treasure / ˈtreʒə r /

leisure / ˈleʒə r /

vision / ˈvɪʒn /

decision / dɪˈsɪʒn /

explosion / ɪkˈspləʊʒn /

invasion / ɪnˈveɪʒn /

usual / ˈjuːʒuəl /

casual / ˈkæʒuəl /

Asia / ˈeɪʒə /

occasion / əˈkeɪʒn /

conclusion / kənˈkluːʒn /

garage / ˈɡærɑːʒ /

confusion / kənˈfjuːʒn /

mirage / ˈmɪrɑːʒ /

provision / prəˈvɪʒn /

television / ˈtelɪvɪʒn /

massage / ˈmæsɑːʒ /

Tongue twisters in English for practicing sound | ʒ |

After much persua si on he took the deci si on to watch “Trea s ure Island ”on televi si on at lei s ure.
Bei ge lin g erie is more u s ual than a z ure bi j ou, a z ure bi j ou is less u s ual than bei g e lin g erie.
Vi s ual revi s ion of a fusela g e for corro s ion u s ually occa s ions gara g e, camoufla g e and demonta g e of the fusela g e.

Finishing off with a song: Argent band, “Pleasure”.

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3. Consonant | tʃ | - pronunciation of English sounds

Pronounced in English words: chair, cheap, lunch, champion etc. Reminds Russian sound | h |, but not identical to it.

To accustom yourself to a harder, noisier English variation, scold the word contrast exercise: сheese - clean, child - tea, сhalk - Chop, choose - empathetic etc.

For this sound, I also decided to find an example in a famous TV series. This time "Friends":

Words: chair, Chandler, Joey (sonorous version of the sound, but more on that below).

Examples for a dull sound | tʃ | in english

chair / tʃeə r /

champion / ˈtʃæmpiən /

change / tʃeɪndʒ /

question / ˈkwestʃən /

cheers / tʃɪəz /

chapter / ˈtʃæptə r /

cherry / ˈtʃeri /

chicken / ˈtʃɪkɪn /

child / tʃaɪld /

China / ˈtʃaɪnə /

church / tʃɜːtʃ /

Tongue twisters with sound | tʃ |

Ch erry tea ch es ch ildren at ch ur ch. Ch erry also ch ecks the rooms and does ch ores.
The tea ch er ch anged the ques t ion in the ch allenge. The ch allengers ch anged the answers for the ques t ion.
Ch arles is a ch eerful ch icken farmer. A poa ch er is wat ch ing Ch arles' ch ickens ch oosing whi ch to snat ch, and ch uckles at the ch ance of a ch oice ch icken to ch ew for his lun ch... But the ch uckle rea ch es Ch arles who ch ases the poa ch er and cat ch es him.

As a song example, Queen's classic “We Are The Champions”.

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4. Consonant | dʒ | - pronunciation of English sounds

Pronounced in words job, jam, jazz, joke and others. There is no analogue to this sound in Russian!

A typical mistake of Russian speakers is to pronounce this sound as a combination | j |. Actually sound | dʒ | - this is just a sonorous version of the previous sound - | tʃ | as in chair... There will be no problems with him if you have learned to pronounce the voiceless version. But let's repeat it just in case.

RECOMMENDED: say first the Russian word hour, and then say it with the tip of your tongue at the back of the alveoli. Make the sound a little harder and noisier. The third step is to make the sound ringing ⇒ you will get an English sound | dʒ | and something like jazz 🙂

For a sense of contrast between Russian | j | and English | dʒ | compare the pronunciation of words jazz from Catherine Zeta-Jones and jazz at Larisa Dolina:

If we are looking for analogies in the Russian language, then | ʤ | rather resembles a vozvonchon | h | in continuous pronounced combinations: before whose _hero, ne whose _pancakes, le whose _yes_ take a break.

So, everything is clear with the pronunciation, let's move on to training in words.

Sound pronunciation | dʒ | in English: examples of words

procedure / prəˈsiːdʒə r /

jealous / ˈdʒeləs /

judge / dʒʌdʒ /

January / ˈdʒænjuəri /

Japan / dʒəˈpæn /

jeans / dʒiːnz /

jelly / ˈdʒeli /

jewelery / ˈdʒuːəlri /

jogging / ˈdʒɒɡɪŋ /

journey / ˈdʒɜːni /

Georgia / ˈdʒɔːdʒə /

bridge / brɪdʒ /

Tongue twisters on sound | dʒ |

J oyful j oggers j og j oyously. J ames, J ohn, J enny and J ohnny are j oggers.
The g enerous g ymnasts like oran g e j uice. The oran g e j uice makes the g ymnasts g enuinely happy.
Can you ima g ine an ima g inary mena g erie mana g er ima g ining mana g ing an ima g inary mena g erie?

As a musical example (besides the already mentioned “All That Jazz”) Ray Charles song “Georgia On My Mind”.

To summarize: pronunciation of consonants in English

English sounds | ʃ | - | ʒ | louder, stronger and softer than their counterparts | w | - | f |. For their pronunciation to the posterior slope of the alveoli should be raised Tip of the tongue, and not its front, pronounce with a greater noise.
English sound | tʃ |, on the contrary, is more solid than Russian | h |. Tip of the tongue again touches the posterior slope of the alveoli.
English | dʒ | has no analogue in Russian at all. it the ringing pair of the previous sound- | tʃ |. Never pronounce it like a Russian combination | j |. To get pronunciation done, first practice the previous muffled sound, and then just make it voiced.
Do not forget that the voiced sound | ʒ | and | dʒ | don't get stunned at the end of a word! They become a little weaker, but remain sonorous.

See you, friend!

After we had 19 English sounds left. Therefore, today there are 19 - 4 = 15. Next time, according to tradition, we will take several similar vowels.

I rode the Greek through the river, sees the Greek in the river crawfish ... It's funny, and most importantly - it's not difficult to pronounce the tongue twister in this form. But, if I ask you to voice everything that we have prepared today, then difficulties may arise.

You need tongue twisters for fluent and fast English speech, so that you definitely cannot be distinguished from native speakers. Pronouncing them as often as possible, your tongue will definitely not become your enemy. Get ready to stretch it, because today we present to your attention twenty of the most insidious tongue twisters in English. Let "s take a look inside! C" mon.

In fact, tongue twisters don "t twist your tongue, they twsit your brain... All conversations are a rather difficult event for our body as a whole. Judge for yourself - when we speak, we must coordinate the movements of the lips, tongue, jaw and larynx, etc. So, our brain, in order to help us in this difficult matter, sorts the sounds, for the pronunciation of which the muscles must move in a special order.

Sometimes pronunciation is difficult because the part of our brain responsible for speech sets specific rules and locations for the different sounds we make. Everything is laid out on the shelves (for normal people).

Thus, sometimes, when sounds come out of your mouth, for example, the hissing "ss" and "sh", or others for which you use the same part of your mouth to pronounce (for example, resting the tip of your tongue against your palate for the sounds "tee "Or" dee "), the brain can get confused and cause us to" stumble over "when pronouncing words. That "s the way the ball bounces ...

Can you repeat these English tongue twisters?

"Tongue twisters are hard because the representations inthe brain greatly overlap."(c) Edward Chang (University of California, San Francisco).
"Tongue twisters are difficult because the images in the brain overlap a lot." (c) Edward Cheng (neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco).

Now that you know how it works, check how quickly you can pronounce the following tongue twisters. Just don "t break your tongue!

Red lorry, yellow lorry.
I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

lorry- truck
wristwatch- wrist watch
stout- strong, durable, dense
tents- tents
clam- clam, clam shell
cram- huddle, hustle, squeeze, cram
cream can- milk can
hick- farmer, collective farmer, redneck, redneck, Puerto Rican
nick- cut, trim, mark
slick bricks- slippery bricks
picks and sticks- pointed tools, pickaxes

We decided not to bother with the translation of sentences, since there is neither important meaning nor deep meaning here (for example, one of the most difficult words (about a sick sheep) sounds like this: “ The sixth sick sheik "s sixth sheep" s sick", And translates as:" The sixth sheep of the sixth sick sheikh is sick "(Weeeeeeeeeell?) Therefore, we suggest concentrating on pronunciation. First, try to pronounce all the tongue twisters in turn and not get lost. And then, say each of them 10 times, without hesitation. It "s a challenge now. And it" s on!

Check out these guys trying to break their tongue in the video below and let that inspire you.

By the way, most recently (November 12), International Day was celebrated
tongue twisters. Have you tried to tie your tongue in a knot that day? In addition, a little later (November 14), in addition to the official heroes of the occasion, everyone upset and dissatisfied with their languages could also celebrate the International Day of Speech Therapist.

Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) compiled the most difficult tongue twister in the world and forced poor students to take part in terrible experiments (they had to say it already 10 times). According to scientists, not a single person in the world can pronounce this tongue twister, and some even stop speaking for a while! Yes of course. What do they know about the cap, which is not sewn in the Kolpakov style!

So, an American tongue twister about a kid who poured out curdled milk and pulled out a cod. This tongue twister looks like this:

Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.

During the study, the subjects were also asked to repeat the phrase: "the top cop saw a cop top", which also caused them to lose their minds. The entire process was recorded by sadistic linguists on audio in order to compare and analyze speech errors. The problem mostly arose from the speaker trying to make 2 different sounds at the same time. For example, pronounced "tkop" / "ktop" or "tuh-kop" instead of "top". Familiar situation?

What do you know about Peter Piper? About the one from which it all began. About Peter choosing a variety of pickled peppers to refresh himself. And this, by the way, was a real person who was famous for his exquisite taste in spices, as a result of which he was immortalized. He was a French gardener and had only one hand, so gardening was a rather difficult process for him. Piper loved to get his seeds for spices, being at the forefront of the attack and the roar of a cannonball. Yes, he was a pirate. So, when nutmeg fell into his hands (ie, into his hand), he composed these lines: “ Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers».

If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which
watch?
The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
You know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New York.
He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.(Stephen King)
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.
If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.
Can you can a canned can into an uncanned can like a canner can can a canned can into an uncanned can?
Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons - balancing them badly.
Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.

thieves- the thieves
thrill- grab, shiver
thrust- bump into something (fists against the wall) push, climb, climb, rub
crowded- crowded; chock-full; full; filled
course- well
coarse- big stride, rough, coarse, raw
can- tin can, container, can of canned food, canning
brisk- agile, lively, strong, fresh
brandish- swing the sword (menacingly)
broad- wide, extensive, rough
blunderbuss- tromblon, blunderbuss (short-barreled shotgun with a bell)
bludgeon- baton, weapon, drin
menagerie- menagerie, traveling circus

What? Not enough for you? How about this popular Polish tongue twister: W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie. How do you say it? We can "t hear you!

If you were able to overcome all tongue twisters from our list, then do not be offended when you are reproached for the language of the bone. Be proud of that! Cuz you got the skill now! Now go and challenge someone;)

Stay classy and speak in a quality manner. Do it fast and surprise people with your English!

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Tongue twisters are a great tool for practicing pronunciation and practicing English sounds. Unfortunately, many adults often forget about this, thinking that such exercises are only suitable for children. And in vain. Few of the experienced users can boast of a good pronunciation. We decided to make a selection of tongue twisters for you broken down by levels of language proficiency... We hope this will serve as a great motivation for you!

English tongue twisters for children. Level A2 - elementary

These phrases can be repeated by both children and adults. Such sentences are also called 'tongue twister phrases', that is, "tongue twister phrases." It is useful to repeat them both aloud and to yourself.

Table 1. Tongue twisters in English for children.

Patter	Translation
Eleven owls licked eleven little liquor ice lollipops.	11 owls licked 11 rice liqueurs.
Not these things here, but those things there.	Not these things are here, but those things are there.
Red lorry, yellow lorry.	Red truck, yellow truck.
The big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back.	The big beetle bit the small beetle, but the small beetle bit the big beetle back.
Zebras zig and zebras zag.	Zebras move in a zigzag fashion.
A tricky frisky snake with sixty super scaly stripes.	A cunning, playful snake with 60 scaly stripes.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.	She sells seashells off the seashore.
If two witches were watching two watches which witch would watch which watch?	If two witches looked at two clocks, which witch would look at which clock?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?	How many wood will a woodchuck gnaw if it could gnaw a tree?

English tongue twisters level B1 - B2 / pre-intermediate-intermediate

These rhymes are already for more advanced users - older children and, of course, adults. Pay attention to the comic context of these tongue twisters.

Table 2. Tongue twisters in English for older children and adults.

Patter	Translation
A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to tutor two tooters to toot Said the two to the tutor "Is it tougher to toot Or to tutor two tooters to toot? "	The teacher who played the flute Tried to teach two teachers to play the pipe. Both told the teacher "It's harder to play the pipe Or teach others to play? "
A certain young fellow named Beebe Wished to marry a lady named Phoebe "But," he said. "I must see What the minister "s fee be Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebe "	A certain young man named Bibi Wanted to marry a young girl named Phoebe “But,” he said, “I must see What will be the ministerial duty Before Phoebe becomes Phoebe Bebe. "
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.	I thought a thought. But the thought I came up with was not the thought I thought I came up with. If the thought I thought I came up with was the thought I came up with, I wouldn't think so much.
If one doctor doctors another doctor Does the doctor who doctors the doctor Doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the doctor doctor the way The doctor who doctors doctors?	If one doctor treats another doctor, Does the doctor who cures the doctor shine Does he treat a doctor the way he treats a doctor? Or the doctor treats the doctor like this, Like a doctor who treats doctors?
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 can't stand looking at a bear Chasing a hare. When he is by a hair's breadth from a hare I immediately shout: "Caution!"
If Freaky Fred Found Fifty Feet of Fruit And Fed Forty Feet to his Friend Frank How many Feet of Fruit did Freaky Fred Find?	If Mad Fred found 50 pounds of fruit And feed 40 pounds to my friend Frank How many pounds of fruit would mad Fred find?

Complex English tongue twisters. C1 level - Upper-intermediate / advanced

These tongue twisters are for true connoisseurs and lovers of the English language. They are also not without a touch of humor, but they require a little more skill and patience to pronounce them.

Table 3. Complex tongue twisters in English with translation.

Patter	Translation
A tree toad loved a she-toad Who lived up in a tree. He was a two-toed tree toad But a three-toed toad was she. The two-toed tree toad tried to win The three-toed she-toad "s heart, For the two-toed tree toad loved the ground That the three-toed tree toad trod. But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain. He couldn "t please her whim. From her tree toad bower With her three-toed power The she-toad vetoed him.	The tree toad fell in love with the toad girl Who lived in a tree. It was a toad with two big toes And she had three fingers. The two-fingered tree toad tried to conquer Heart of a three-finger toad Because the two-toed toad loved the earth, On which the three-finger toad walked. But the two-toed toad tried in vain. He couldn't please her. From his tree toad dwelling With its three-finger power She rejected him.
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?	Ed Nott was shot, but Sam Shott was not. Therefore, it is better to be Schott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Schott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott who shot Shott was not shot, or Nott was not shot. However, the shot Shott did not shoot Shott, but Nott. So Ed Nott got shot, wow! Is not it?

English tongue twisters are an effective way to improve pronunciation for both beginners and advanced learners. They are difficult for Russian speakers not so much in diction as in, which are not in Russian or which are read differently in our country: [ŋ],, [r],, [ʤ], [ɜ:], [θ], [ɔ:], [ð], [ʊ].

How to work with tongue twisters

If you want to dazzle your friends with the perfect pronunciation of English tongue twisters, follow these ten steps to truly master this craft:

Please select English tongue twister;

English tongue twisters to practice its pronunciation on a piece of paper and read it five times to yourself;

Then read it aloud five times, only in a whisper;

Read the tongue twister in a normal voice, also five times;

Repeat this, only now without looking at the sheet;

Now say each word separately five times;

Speak every line(if there are several) tongue twisters five times;

Repeat tongue twister five times, pauses between each word;

Close your eyes, focus, and clearly speak the tongue twister at a normal pace... If not, repeat steps 3-7. If it works, go to the last step;

Check yourself and repeat the patter five times at a fast pace.

English tongue twisters

For each sound, there are corresponding English tongue twisters that will help train your pronunciation to automatism. Do not pay attention to the senselessness of some tongue twisters - they are compiled exclusively for speech training, so the content is sometimes lame.

Sound [θ], the pronunciation of which causes the most difficulties for Russian speakers. It is reproduced by a combination of the letters th. Train him with these English tongue twisters:

[ð] , also expressed by th. English tongue twisters to practice:

[ŋ] , conveyed in English by the letter n in front of other consonants. Tongue twisters in English with translation for training:

represented by the letter a. Unlike Russian a, it is pronounced drawn-out, as if you were showing your throat to a doctor. Practice on these English tongue twisters with Russian translation:

[r], conveyed by the letter r, is very different in pronunciation from the usual Russian p. A few tongue twisters in English for practice:

formed by double e or combination of ea. Several good options for English tongue twisters with translation for training

[ʤ] formed by the letters j or g. English tongue twisters for sound training:

[ʧ] formed by the letter combination ch. Try the following tongue twisters in English:

[ɜ:] , represented by the letters e, i, u or a combination of ea. This sound can be dealt with with the following English tongue twisters:

[ɔ:] formed by combinations of au, ou or the letters o and a. Pay attention to these tongue twisters for training:

[ʊ] , conveyed in English by a single or double letter o. Several tongue twisters in English with translation for sound practice: