Tongue Twisters
The first thing that they think of is this.
"Beat" is pronounced the same as what word?
bit, sheep, hit, sit
Beat - sheep
The past tense of "need"
needed ("-id" sound)
Which is the odd one out?
mute, mud, true, new
mud
Present verb tense (3rd person singular) of ‘pass’
Passes /extra syllable/
Betty bought a bit of butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter
Getting harder....
"Heart" is pronounced the same as:
hot, part, shot, got
heart - part
Past tense of "play"
played ("d" sound)
Which is the odd one out?
My, cry, why, angry
angry
Plural of ‘chair’
Chairs /z/
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Oh dear...
"beer" is pronounced the same as:
career, hair, here, bear
beer - career, here
Past tense of "look"
looked ("t" sound)
Which is the odd one out?
Ship, sheep, cheese, please
ship
Plural of ‘student’
Students /s/
If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
Wow!
"bird" is pronounced the same as:
absurd, bed, word, beard
bird - absurd, word
Past tense of "enjoy"
enjoyed ("d" sound)
Which is the odd one out?
Bat, cat, that, cut
cut
Present tense verb (3rd person singular) of ‘celebrate’
Celebrates /s/
She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
The boss!!
"seat" is pronounced the same as:
sheet, sit, show, sew
seat - sheet
Past tense of "watch"
watched ("t" sound)
Which is the odd one out?
Choose, cheese, chance, Jeep
Jeep
Plural of ‘question’
Questions /z/