English tongue twisters with translation
For children who, in addition to their native language, are also learning English, we have made a wonderful selection of tongue twisters with translations.
Oyster
Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisier noise annoys an oyster most.
Any noise irritates the oyster, but louder noise irritates the oyster even more.
Zoo
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie?
Can you imagine an imaginary zoo manager running an imaginary zoo?
Shells
She sells sea shells at the sea shore, the shells she sells are the sea-shore shells, I'm sure.
She sells seashells on the seashore, the shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.
Marmot
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
How much wood would a woodchuck throw if a woodchuck could throw wood?
I miss
I miss my Swiss Miss. My Swiss misses me.
I miss my Swiss miss and my Swiss miss misses me
Ice cream
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Weather
Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not. Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot. We'll weather the weather whether we like it or not.
The weather will be good or the weather will not be good. The weather will be cold or the weather will be hot. We can withstand any weather whether we like it or not.
Baby
Pad kid poured curd pulled code.
The kid covered the road with fondant while dragging the bag.
I love
I like my Bunny. Bears like honey. Girls like cats. Cats like rats. Boys like dogs. Storks like frogs. Mice like cheese. Sparrows like peas. Owls like mice. I like rice. Birds like grain. Say it all again!
I love my bunny. Bears love honey. Girls love cats. Cats love mice. Boys love dogs. Storks love frogs. Mice love cheese. Sparrows love peas. Owls love mice. I love rice. Birds love grain. Say it all again.
Complex tongue twisters
Those children who have already mastered simple quatrains can move on to more complex tongue twisters. With their help, the child not only pronounces sounds and words correctly and clearly, but also learns to speak beautifully without screaming or breaking into high notes.
Blackberries and strawberries
If you didn’t live near a blackberry tree, but if you lived near a strawberry tree, then strawberry jam is familiar to you and blackberry jam is not at all familiar to you. If you lived near a blackberry tree, then it means that you are familiar with blackberry jam, and not at all with the usual strawberry jam. But if you lived near a blackberry tree, and if you lived near a strawberry tree, and if you didn’t spare time for the forest, then that means you ate excellent blackberry jam, strawberry jam every day.
What is not
No apricot, coconut, radish, Halibut, vinegar, kvass and rice, No compass, longboat and rope, Thermos, press, Indian sailor, No bass, no taste, weight and demand, No interest - no question.
Tongue twister about the Chinese
Once upon a time there lived three Chinese - Yak, Yak-Tsidrak, Yak-Tsidrak-Tsidron-Tsidroni, and three more Chinese women - Tsypa, Tsypa-Dripa, Tsypa-Dripa-Lampomponi. Yak got married to Tsypa, Yak-Tsidrak to Tsypa-Drip, Yak-Tsidrak-Tsidron-Tsidroni to Tsypa-Drip-Lampomponi. So they had children: Yak with Tsypa - Shah, Yak-Tsidrak with Tsypa-Drypa - Shah-Sharah, Yak-Tsidrak-Tsidroni with Tsypo-Drypa-Lampoponi - Shah-Sharah-Sharoni.
Feast at Kira and Fira
Kira and Fira had a feast in the apartment: Fakir ate marshmallows and Fakir drank kefir. But Fira and Kira did not drink kefir, did not eat marshmallows - they fed the fakir.
Talker
The talker said to the talkers: “I said, don’t tell the talker that the talker has started talking,” the talker has a talker. The talker began to speak and the talker’s throat began to talk slightly, and then the talker finally said: “Stop talking, talker talker.”
Cats and cakes
Tiny cats ate cakes. Tiny cats love cakes. The cats crushed the cakes with their paws. The cats from the cakes filled our tummies.
From the clatter of hooves
From the tramp of hooves, dust flies across the field, Dust flies across the field from the tramp of hooves, From the tramp, from the tramp, from the tramp of hooves, Dust flies across the field, dust across the field, dust flies across the field.
Helpful Tips:
- Learning tongue twisters using mnemonic tracks will greatly facilitate this process. The child perceives the word through an image - a picture, model, symbol, sign. And mnemonics are aimed precisely at this - replacing words with images. Even prepositions are denoted by images (you can find models of prepositions below in the article).
- Before you start working with these mnemonic tracks, it is necessary to consolidate the skills of clear pronunciation and discrimination of the sound “F” in syllables and words. We teach kids to highlight this sound at the beginning, middle and end of words. the sound “Zh” will help you with this
- All classes on sound automation are based on the principle of simple to complex.
- Each lesson should begin with a warm-up, these are 2-3 articulatory gymnastics .
- Next, we move on to the isolated pronunciation of the sound “Zh”, automation in syllables, words, phrases, sentences and other game exercises.
- If the child does not learn or it is difficult for him to complete new tasks, you can go back and consolidate the pronunciation on simpler material.
- When selecting tongue twisters, consider which sounds the child pronounces correctly and which ones he does not. Accordingly, select only those tongue twisters that the child can say correctly, pronouncing ALL SOUNDS . Otherwise, you can not only fail to develop the child’s speech, but, on the contrary, worsen it by reinforcing incorrect pronunciation.
- It is imperative to ensure the correct pronunciation of the sound “Zh” when pronouncing a tongue twister. If the child does not succeed, stop him and say this word slowly. Repeat it several times.
- First learn tongue twisters at a slow pace, perhaps syllable by syllable. Gradually increase the pace.
- Pay attention to the clarity of all words for the child. Check with your child to see if he understands all the words; if not, explain their meaning.
Mnemonic tracks of tongue twisters:
Tongue twisters for the sound “Zh” in the form of mnemonic tracks are easier and easier for kids to learn. Therefore, use mnemonics to learn tongue twisters. This will make your classes not only useful, but also fun.
Options for games with tongue twisters:
- Find words with the sound “F” in the tongue twister;
- Find words where in the tongue twister the sound “F” is at the beginning of the word, in the middle of the word;
- Come up with your own funny sentence using this word;
- Connect the two parts of the tongue twister and pronounce it;
- Say a tongue twister cheerfully, sadly, with fear, quietly, loudly;
- Guess with what intonation your partner pronounced the tongue twister;
- Say a patter and the intonation of a famous cartoon or fairy tale character (for example, the Wolf from Seven Little Goats or Matroskin the Cat from Prostokvashino, etc.);
Modern tongue twisters
Modern tongue twisters are the same exercises for speech development, only in addition to training the articulatory apparatus, they also practice the tempo of speech.
Gazelle
The eyes of a gazelle stare at the beaver from behind the spruce.
Who wants to talk
Whoever wants to talk must pronounce everything correctly and clearly, so that everyone can understand. We will talk and we will pronounce it so correctly and clearly, so that everyone can understand.
Lotto
Count Toto plays lotto, and Countess Toto knows that Count Toto plays lotto, if Count Toto knew that Countess Toto knows that Count Toto plays lotto, then Count Toto would never have lived I wouldn't play lotto.
Coconut
Coconut cookers boil coconut juice in coconut cookers.
Feast at Kira and Fira
Kira and Fira had a feast in the apartment: Fakir ate marshmallows and Fakir drank kefir. But Fira and Kira did not drink kefir, did not eat marshmallows - they fed the fakir.
Not bankrupt
The one who is not bankrupt has an ATM full of banknotes, while the one who is bankrupt has no banknotes in the ATM.
Carp
The fishermen have the gear, the crucian carp have the mouth. On the tackle there are crucian carp. The crucian carp cannot be saved.
Funny tongue twisters
In this section you will find excellent material for game-based learning. Learning funny tongue twisters together will create a positive mood and attract the attention of even the most restless child.
Parrot
The parrot said to the parrot: I will parrot you, parrot. The parrot answers him: Parrot, parrot, parrot!
Koschey
Skinny, weak Koschey drags a box of vegetables.
Mouse
The mouse crawled under the lid, To gnaw the crumb under the lid, The mouse must be dead - The mouse forgot about the cat!
Karasyonok
Once upon a time I gave a crucian carp a coloring book. And Karas said: “Color the fairy tale, Little Karas!” On the coloring page of Little Kara - Three cheerful little pigs: Little Kara has repainted the piglets into little crucians!
forty forty
It's a hassle to catch a cunning magpie, but forty forty is forty hassle.
Turtle and tea
The turtle, not bored, sits for an hour with a cup of tea.
Glutton Zhora
Glutton Zhora ate a hundred pancakes and a hundred cutlets for lunch. Zhora's stomach hurts. It's dangerous to be a glutton!
Toad, crane and yellow bug
A toad, a crane and a yellow bug We went to visit the hedgehog in the meadow, so that the dressmaker could sew the letter W in place and it would become quiet in the forest.
