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The passage discusses various tongue twisters and their purpose for improving English pronunciation.

Tongue twisters are designed to be difficult to say and are used to improve English pronunciation skills.

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.

TONGUE TWISTERS

A phrase that is designed to be


difficult to say…
By Piers Midwinter
INTRODUCTION

Listening and trying to say tongue twisters is


one way to improve your English
pronunciation. They are fun to try and are a
challenge for anyone! So don't worry if you
make mistakes. Just have fun!
Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. The butter
Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter And made
her batter bitter. But a bit of better butter
makes better batter. So Betty Botter bought a
bit of better butter Making Betty Botter's
bitter batter better
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.
A Flea and a Fly
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 canner can can anything that he can,

But a canner can’t open a can, can he?


If two witches were watching two
watches, which witch would watch
which watch?
The sixth sick sheik's sixth
sheep's sick
A big bug bit a bold bald
bear and the bold bald
bear bled blood badly.
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!”
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?
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure.

For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore

Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.


I thought a thought.
But the thought I thought wasn’t
the thought I thought I thought.
Frivolous fat Frannie
fried fresh fish furiously.
Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad
bright blades, blunderbusses, and
bludgeons - Balancing them badly.
Can you can a canned can into an un-
canned can like a canner can can a
canned can into an un-canned can?
If you must cross a course cross cow
across a crowded cow crossing, cross the
cross coarse cow across the crowded
cow crossing carefully.
Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
managing an imaginary menagerie.
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant
plucker's mate, And I'm only plucking
pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's late.
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant
plucker's son, And I'm only plucking pheasants
till the pheasant pluckers come.
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?”
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.
Three sweet switched Swiss witches
Watch three washed Swiss witch
Swatch watch switches. Which sweet
switched Swiss witch watches. Which
washed Swiss witch Swatch watch
switch?
Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, The successful 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 successful 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.
The end

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