Icebreaker: Tongue Twisters

For today's icebreaker, we will be taking a look at Tongue Twisters! We are going to practice our speaking skills to improve our English pronunciation. 

This exercise will be challenging... but also very fun. 

Look at the list of Tongue Twisters below and select your favourite. You will attempt to read the phrase slowly at first to practice proper pronunciation. Consider the number of syllables each word has. When you are ready, try to read the Tongue Twister as fast as you can!

The Tongue Twisters: 

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?He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood

3. 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

4. She sells seashells by the seashore

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

6. I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch

7. He threw three free throws