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Tong twister





ldthemagicman
United Kingdom

Here are some Tongue-Twisters which I wrote so that my students could practise �S � followed by a Consonant.
LES
 

 

1.    Steven stands smiling at Stacey Smith smoking a small cigarette from Spain.

2.    Stella swears she will still speak Spanish when she starts to swim in Switzerland.

3.    Stephany still steals steak from Stan and stuffs it in her study store in school in Stoke.

4.    Stuart is stout and sticks his stomach out when he starts to speak Spanish in Spain.

5.    �The school story of the swine and the snake stinks�, said Stanislas the Swiss sportsman.

6.    The spies swim to the small steel ship and speak to the Swiss skipper in Swedish.

7.    The stork stood on the stick and stepped onto the stool to steal the sticky sweets.

8.    The sportsman said, �Stan skis and Sven swims, but I still sleep.�

9.    The snail and the slug stood in the small space next to the steel spade in the shed.

10. The Scotsman smiled as he smelled the sweet smell of the Scottish smoked fish.

11. Sonja screamed as she saw the small squid start to swim in the swamp in Singapore.

12. �When I start to sleep I speak in Spanish, then I stop and I start to snore.�

13. Sam and Simon can ski in Switzerland and can stay in a small Swiss school.

14. �Doctor, my spine is sore when I stand and there is a small spot on the skin of my shin.�

15. The slim schoolgirl smiled at Stan then slipped into the school Sports Centre.

16. The steps and stairs in Swansea are still the same as when I stopped there in spring.

17. The sleet and snow stopped the skating and skiing in Switzerland and Spain.

18. Sandra, Sven and Spenser still stay for a slight snack consisting of steaming stew.

19. I spend my spare time sitting on the stool in school staring at the stars in the sky.

20. Scott and Stavros spent the spring studying Swedish in Scotland.

15 Jul 2012     



ascincoquinas
Portugal

Dear Les,
 
What about uploading a ws with all that useful information? It would be awesome! And I am sure many ESLPRINTABLE members would love it!!!Smile

15 Jul 2012     



dawnmain
United Kingdom

Red lorry, yellow lorry!
the most difficult in my opinion

15 Jul 2012     



ldthemagicman
United Kingdom

Here are some more Tongue-Twisters.
LES
 

 

Tongue Twisters �

Generally


1.   �Are you copper-bottoming �em, my man?�
�No, I�m aluminiuming �em, Ma�am!�

2.   �Aye!  Aye!� said the Ear.
�Hear!  Hear!� said the Eye.

3.   A dozen double damask dinner napkins.

4.   A glowing gleam glowing green.

5.   A thousand freckles was a feature of his face.

6.   Betty beat a bit of butter to make a better batter.

7.   Can Christmas come twice?  If Christmas can come twice, when else can Christmas come?

8.   Cheerful children chant charming tunes.

9.   Coffee chocolates, toffee apples.

10. Crunch crispy crisps quickly.

11. Eli eats the eels from Ealing.

12. Good gardeners grow great gherkins.

13. Great green Greek grapes.

14. Handy Andy�s got his Sunday undies on.

15. His shirt soon shrank in the suds.

16. How high his Highness holds his haughty head.

17. How many cuckoos could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cuckoos?

18. I�m a critical cricket critic.

19. If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck,
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

20. Is there a pleasant peasant present?

21. It is imperative to institute immediate investigations into the Hydrodynamics Institute.

22. Little Willie�s wooden whistle wouldn�t whistle.

23. Mixed biscuits, cracker biscuits.

24. My Miss Smith lisps and lists.  She lisps as she talks and lists as she walks.

25. Perky Polly planted pretty precious pot plants.

26. Please, Paul, pause for applause.

27. Red lorry, yellow lorry.

28. Red rules. Blue rules.

29. Robin Redbreast�s bad breath.

30. Rush the washing, Russell.

31. She chews cream cheese and fresh cress sandwiches.

32. She was a thistle-sifter and she sifted thistles.
She had a sieveful of sifted thistles and a sieveful of unsifted thistles.
The sieveful of unsifted thistles she had to sift.  She was a thistle sifter.

33. Sixty-seven sacks of salt sitting side-by-side.

34. Swim, Sam, swim!  So Sam swam.

35. The big, black-backed bumblebee.

36. The cruel ghoul�s cruel gruel.

37. The horse�s hard hooves hit the hard high road.

38. The minx mixed a medical mixture.

39. The new King�s queen.
The new Queen�s king.

40. The shepherds share the Shetland shawl.

41. The tracker tracked and tricked and trapped the tricky trickster.

42. The wild wolf roams the wintry wastes

43. The winkle ship sank and the shrimp ship swam.

44. There are thirty-thousand feathers on a thrush�s throat.

45. Theresa tried on twenty-three silver thimbles.

46. Thin sticks, thick bricks.

47. Tim, the thin tin tinsmith.

48. Tommy Tickle tickled his teacher.  Where did Tommy Tickle�s teacher tickle Tommy?

49. Twelve tall tulips turning to the sun.

50. Two tubby teddies toasting tasty teacakes.

15 Jul 2012     



ascincoquinas
Portugal

Dear Les,
Thanks for the tongue twisters! I have just copied and pasted them ....hooray!!!Wink
 
ascincoquinas

15 Jul 2012     

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