100+ English Tongue Twisters for Pronunciation, Fluency, and Fun

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A clear, playful, super-useful guide to English tongue twisters, perfect for improving pronunciation, training your mouth to move faster, and building confidence with difficult English sounds. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced learner, these tongue twisters will help you speak more smoothly and naturally.

Tongue twisters aren’t just silly phrases — they’re powerful pronunciation exercises used by actors, singers, and speech coaches. Let’s dive into 100+ of the best ones, organized by sound.

Why Tongue Twisters Help Your English

Practicing tongue twisters strengthens:

  • Pronunciation
  • Speed and fluency
  • Mouth flexibility and rhythm
  • Confidence when speaking quickly

Many English sounds (R, L, TH, S, Z, SH) can be difficult depending on your native language. These tongue twisters target those tricky sounds directly.

How to Practice Tongue Twisters

A few quick tips before we start:

  • Start slow. Accuracy matters more than speed.
  • Gradually increase your speed after you can say it clearly.
  • Repeat each line 5–10 times.
  • Record yourself to check progress.
  • Focus on the specific sound each twister trains.

Okay — let’s twist some tongues.

1. Easy English Tongue Twisters (Beginner-Friendly)

These are simple, short, and perfect for warming up.

  1. Red lorry, yellow lorry.
  2. Willy’s real rear wheel.
  3. Lucky rabbits like to lick lovely lemon lollipops.
  4. She sees cheese.
  5. Big black bugs bleed black blood.
  6. Green glass globes glow green.
  7. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
  8. Six sticky skeletons.
  9. Flash message.
  10. Greek grapes.

2. Tongue Twisters for the S Sound

Practice sharp “s” and soft “sh” sounds.

  1. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
  2. Seven slick slimy snakes sliding slowly southward.
  3. Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
  4. Six shimmering sharks swam southward.
  5. Seven sisters slept soundly on soft satin sheets.
  6. Sam’s shop stocks short spotted socks.
  7. Susie sits sewing socks on the seashore.
  8. Sarah’s seven seals saw seaweed.
  9. Sunshine city is sunny.
  10. She sells seashells by the seashore (classic!).

3. Tongue Twisters for the SH / CH Sounds

These help learners who mix up “sh,” “ch,” and “s.”

  1. Cheap ship shipping chips.
  2. Chester chews cheap cheddar cheese.
  3. Charlie chooses chocolate cherries.
  4. Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
  5. I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
  6. Chilly children cheerfully chant cheerful chants.
  7. Chocolate chip cookies cheer Charlie.
  8. Short shorts shorten Shirley’s showcase.
  9. Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.
  10. Surely Sylvia swims swiftly.

4. Tongue Twisters for the R Sound

Useful for learners who struggle with English “R.”

  1. Red roses run round the room.
  2. Rory’s lawn rake rarely rakes really right.
  3. Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
  4. Ripe red raspberries.
  5. Ricky rabbit rolls red ribbons.
  6. Run round the rugged rock.
  7. Ruth’s red roof.
  8. Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
  9. Rainy rivers really roar.
  10. A real rare whale.

5. Tongue Twisters for the L Sound

Great for learners who confuse “R” and “L.”

  1. Larry sent the latter a letter to lessen the litter.
  2. Little lucky Lucy likes lemon lollipops.
  3. Lenny lent Lilly a lovely little lamp.
  4. Lucy loves lively llamas.
  5. Long-legged ladies lounge leisurely.
  6. Lily’s lonely lion likes lying low.
  7. Light lively laughter.
  8. Lovely lemons line the lane.
  9. Lazy leopards lounge and laze.
  10. Lacy lace lilies lay low.

6. Tongue Twisters for the TH Sound

The “th” sound (both soft and hard) is one of the hardest in English.

  1. This thin thing is theirs.
  2. Thirty-three thirsty thieves.
  3. The thunderous thud threw them.
  4. Theo thought the theory was thoroughly thrilling.
  5. These thousand thinkers thought thoughtful thoughts.
  6. Thank the thick-thinking thug.
  7. Think thirsty thoughts.
  8. Thoroughly though, Theo thinks.
  9. That that is, is. That that is not, is not.
  10. The thirty-three thieves thought they thrilled the throne.

7. Tongue Twisters for P, B, and Plosive Sounds

Good for strong, clear pronunciation.

  1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (the world-famous one).
  2. Betty Botter bought some butter.
  3. Big blue blocks blowing briskly.
  4. Black bugs bleed blue-black blood.
  5. A proper copper coffee pot.
  6. Brad’s big black bath brush broke.
  7. Bob brings big brown bags.
  8. Peggy Babcock.
  9. A big black bear sat on a big black rug.
  10. Billy’s blue balloon burst.

8. Tongue Twisters for V and F Sounds

Helpful for learners who mix these two.

  1. Fred’s friends fried fresh fish.
  2. Fuzzy feathers flutter freely.
  3. Vivien’s vivid velvet vest.
  4. Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce foxes.
  5. Very fine fresh fish.
  6. Four furious friends fought for the phone.
  7. Fresh fried fish.
  8. Victor viewed various velvet vests.
  9. Forty fine fresh fried fish.
  10. Furious frogs fly fast.

9. Tongue Twisters for B, M, and N Sounds

These help with humming/mouth-closed sounds.

  1. Many milliners make much money.
  2. Money-making monkeys making marvellous music.
  3. My mummy makes mouthwatering muffins.
  4. Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nuts.
  5. Nelly knows knitting.
  6. My mom’s muffins make men merrier.
  7. Ben’s big blue balloons.
  8. Never nod never nap.
  9. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
  10. Miniature monkeys mimicked me.

10. Really Hard, Advanced English Tongue Twisters

These are fast, chaotic, and excellent for advanced learners.

  1. Pad kid poured curd pulled cod (one of the hardest in English).
  2. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
  3. Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch.
  4. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
  5. Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
  6. Selfish shellfish.
  7. Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
  8. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk.
  9. Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
  10. A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.

Yak’s Final Chewables

Tongue twisters are one of the simplest and most fun ways to train your English pronunciation. Whether you struggle with R and L, the TH sound, or fast speech, practicing these English tongue twisters regularly will strengthen your mouth muscles, boost your confidence, and make your English flow more naturally.

And if your tongue gets tired? Don’t worry — even yaks trip over tongue twisters sometimes.