Tongue Twisters (source unknown)
Aunt Annie always ate apples alone.
Boo Boo Bear has a brown bow and a blue balloon.
Carol’s cat carries carrots in a cart.
David’s dog digs deep down in the dirt.
Eddie the elephant eats every egg.
Felicia and Freddy find frogs on Friday.
Gus the groundhog gathered goodies from Gail’s garden.
Happy Harry happily held hands with Hilda and Hank.
Iggy Inchworm inches into an igloo.
Jolly Jimmy jumps for joy in January.
Katie and Kevin Kangaroo keep flying kites.
Little Lucy likes lots of lollipops to lick.
Miss Mouse munches on marvelous marshmallows.
Noisy Nora nibbles on nutritious nuts.
Ollie Octopus eats okra, onions, and oranges.
Pretty Patty plants pumpkins in a patch.
Quentin quietly quacks quickly.
Ricky Rabbit gives Ruthy Raccoon red roses.
Silly Sally sings songs about seesaws.
Tom Turkey took ten turtles to town.
Upton wears an umbrella with underwear underneath.
Vera has violets, vegetables, a vacuum and a van.
Willy the wild wolf went west for the winter.
Yolanda yelled, “Yikes, get that yak out of my yard!”
Zelda Zebra sipped a zillion zippers.
Andrew and Alice asked if Annie’s active animals were angry.
Bill and Betty baked brown bread for Barbara’s baby.
Carol and Claire can cook carrots, corn, cabbage, and candy.
David’s daddy’s dog didn’t dig dirt in the dark.
Everybody saw Eddie and the Eskimo enter the elevator on the
elephant.
The funny furry fly flew far to the flowers.
Gary was glad to play games in grandmother’s green garden.
Harry had a horrible headache and hated to hear Henry howl.
The important Indian was ill with injuries inside the igloo.
John got juice and jelly on his jacket when Judy jumped on him.
Kenny wasn’t kind in kindergarten when he kicked Kate in the
kitchen.
Lisa lost the large lemon for the lizard Lenny loved.
On Mondays Michael’s mother Mary mostly mopped.
Nobody was nice to Nancy’s neighbor Nick, but he was never
nasty.
Oliver had an operation in October, and Oscar gave him an
octopus.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
“Be quiet,” said the queen quickly, “or I’ll quarrel with your
question!”
Ruth and Rachel ran after Richard’s rabbit in the rain.
Sam said he was sorry he put salt in Sally’s sandwich.
Tommy tricked Tim and took his train off the track.
Uncle was upset because he was unable to put his umbrella up.
Virginia visited Vicky and gave her violets and vegetables
with vitamins.
When the weather is warm we will walk with William in the wild
woods.
The excited experts explained that the extra X rays were
excellent.
Yesterday you yelled in the yard for a yellow yo yo.
The zebra zoomed zig zag in the zoo.
Tongue Twisters from
Making Alphabet Books to Teach Letters and Sounds by Dottie
Hall
Arnie and Asia ate apricots.
Alex and Amber always avoid aparagus.
Brianna and Ben bounce beach balls.
Carole and Caitlyn count candy corn.
Cindy celebrates with cider and celery.
Chad and Chip chew cherries and chocolate.
David and Dominique dance with Dalmatians.
Elizabeth and Ethan eat éclairs.
Emily and Eddie enjoy eggs.
Felicia and Freddy follow funny footprints.
Gail and Gwen grow goodies in their garden.
Ginger and George like giraffes and gerbils.
Hannah hugs Harry the happy hound.
Isaac and Iris like ice cubes and ice cream.
Isadora and Iggie have inchworms that itch.
Jeremy and Jazmin jiggle like jelly.
Kendall and Kiana kick like kangaroos.
Larry and Linda lick lemon lollipops.
Marcus and Michelle munch marshmallows.
Nick and Natasha nibble nuts.
Omar and Owen open oatmeal boxes.
Ollie orders oranges juice and an omelet.
Pat and Paul pick pickles and peppers.
Quinton and Queenie quilt quickly and quietly.
Ralph and Ramona rest and read.
Suzanne and Sammy sail at the seashore.
Shandra shops for shoes and shampoo.
Tori tells Tommy about tacos and tomatoes.
Thelma thanks Thad for the thimble.
Ulysses has a unicorn and a ukulele.
Ursula’s uncle stays under an umbrella.
Vincent visits Vickie to view a video.
William and Wendy wiggle like worms.
Xaxier put x’s on the x-ray.
Yolanda and Yasmin yell for yellow yo-yos.
Zach zigzagged through the zoo with Zannie.
From Pat Cunningham’s book, Phonics They Use second edition:
Betty’s brother, Billy, blew bubbles badly.
Careless Carol couldn’t cut cooked carrots.
Dimpled David dawdled during dinner.
Fred’s fearless father fell fifty feet.
Gorgeous Gloria got good grades gladly.
Hungry Harry happily had hamburgers.
Jack’s jack-o-lantern just jumped Jupiter.
Kevin’s kangaroo kicked Karen Kelly.
Lucky Louie liked licking lollipops lazily.
My mama makes many marvelous meatballs.
Naughty Nancy never napped nicely.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Rough Roger readily runs relays.
Susie’s sister sipped seven sodas swiftly.
Tall Tom took tiny Tim to Texas.
Veronica visited very vicious volcanoes.
Willy went west where Wilbur was waiting.
Yippy yanked young Yolanda’s yucky yellow yoyo.
Zany Zelda zapped Zeke’s zebra.
Chief Charlie cheerfully chomped chili cheeseburgers.
Whitney whispered while Wheeler White whistled.
Shy Sheila shot Sharon’s shaggy sheep.
Thirty-three thieves thundered through thick thorns.
Blind Blanche’s blueberries bloomed and blossomed.
Brooke’s brother Brad brought Brooke bread for breakfast.
Claire’s class clapped for the clumsy clown.
Craig crocodile crawled ‘cross crooked crawling creepies.
Drew dreamed dreadful dragons dropped Drew’s drum.
Flip’s flat flounder flops and floats.
Freddie’s friend Fran fries frogs.
Gloria’s glittery glasses glow.
Grouchy Grace grows green grapes.
Sleepy Slick slipped on a slimy, slippery sled.
Smarty Smurf smashed smelly, smoky smoke bombs.
Sneaky Snoopy snatched snowman’s snazzy sneakers.
Sparky’s special spaceship speeded into spectacular space.
A stegosaurus stepped on Steven’s stepsister, Stephanie.
Swiftly Swan’s sweetheart swims, swirls, sways, and swoops.
Scary skeleton skipped over skinny Scout’s skunk.
Tracy transformed triple transformers into trains and trucks.
I found this set and instructions for an activity.
http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/vocabtong.html
The Twisters:
.Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes.
·Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles.
·Clever Clifford Cutter clumisily closed the closet clasps.
·Dwayne Dwiddle drew a drawing of dreaded Dracula.
·Elmer Elwood eluded elven elderly elephants.
·Floyd Flingle flipped flat flapjacks.
·Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes.
·Hattie Henderson hated happy healthy hippos.
·Ida Ivy identified the ivory iris.
·Julie Jackson juggled the juicy, jiggly jello.
·Karl Kessler kept the ketchup in the kitchen.
·Lila Ledbetter lugged a lot of little lemons.
·Milton Mallard mailed a mangled mango.
.Norris Newton never needed new noodles.
·Patsy planter plucked plump, purple, plastic plums.
·Quinella Quist quite quickly quelled the quarreling quartet.
·Randy Rathbone wrapped a rather rare red rabbit.
·Shelly Sherman shivered in a sheer, short, shirt.
·Trina Tweety tripped two twittering twins under a twiggy
tree.
·Uri Udall usually used his unique, unusual unicycle.
·Vicky Vinc viewd a very valuable vase.
·Walter Whipple warily warned the weary warrior.
·Xerxes Xenon expected to xerox extra x-rays.
·Yolana Yvonne Yarger yodeled up yonder yesterday.
·Zigmund Zane zig-zagged through the zany zoo zone.
The Activities:
Select ten twisters and illustrate them.
Extend ten twisters by adding more adjectives and adverbs.
Complete five twisters in the form of "Peter Piper."
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
The first line is a statement.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
The second line rewords the statement.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the
peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
The third and fourth lines ask an "if" and "where" question.
Make up twisters about famous people with whom you are
familiar.
Make up twisters about popular products you use.
Make up a second line that does not follow the "Peter Piper"
pattern for ten twisters.
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