Name: ______________________________
Tongue Twister Articulation In-Class Activity
I will assign you a partner. With your partner, read through all 10 of the tongue twisters on the reverse
side of this page. Each partner must take turns reading through all of the 10 tongue twisters, and then pick
the 1 that you can recite the best. Practice saying your favorite tongue twisters 3 times as fast as you can,
then your partner will take his/her turn.
Task
Write an original tongue twister. Your tongue twister must be 10 words in length, no more or less than 10
words. You may not browse the Internet to find tongue twisters; it must be an original, created by you.
You must memorize your tongue twister to say it 3 times fast in front of the class the following class
period.
Other Challenge
The other class of tongue twister, the real tongue twister, is a phrase that is so difficult to say that you
cannot say it fast (or maybe at normal speed). Say "bad blood" ten times, to see what I mean. You should
also create a tongue twister phrase that must be said 10 times really fast. Do not think this is an easier
assignment. See the phrases below for examples. This will be a credited assignment.
Try saying the following phrases 10 times fast:
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bad blood
mad blood
chicken kitchen
chicken kitchen papa
get ticket
speed zone
earwig
three five
yet yum
sissy papa
mamma papa
Write your original tongue twister here:
Be sure to challenge yourself. The forward articulators make a tongue twister more challenging. Avoid
simplicity as illustrated in the following: Hairy Harry had a hairy hair on his hairy head.
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Write your original challenge tongue twister here (it can be 1, 2, or 3 words in length):
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Check to see if your “Challenge” tongue twister is difficult by asking 3 people to say it 10 times fast. If
they don’t struggle, you will want to write a new tongue twister.
SAMPLE TONGUE TWISTERS
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?
How many boards
Could the Mongols hoard
If the Mongol hordes got bored?
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog
would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.
How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook
could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me.
My mother's making me marry Mary Mac.
Will I always be so Merry when Mary's taking care of me?
Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?
Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese.
If you can't can any candy can,
how many candy cans can a candy canner can
if he can can candy cans?
If you understand, say "understand".
If you don't understand, say "don't understand".
But if you understand and say "don't understand".
How do I understand that you understand. Understand?
She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells.