Tongue Twisters

The classic Seesaw tongue twister – ‘Mr. See owned a saw, and Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.’ Learn the full version, practise tips, and discover why this is one of the most beloved English tongue twisters of all time.

A two-toed tree-toad loved a three-toed she-toad – the complete narrative tongue twister poem. Why two-toed and three-toed sound identical at speed, and how to keep them apart.

Printable Worksheet Pack Twist Your Tongue! 50 print-ready practice sheets

To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock – the full text of W.S. Gilbert’s famous patter song from The Mikado, why it is one of the hardest tongue twisters ever written, and how to perform it.

Printable Worksheet Pack Twist Your Tongue! 50 print-ready practice sheets

Printable Worksheet Pack Twist Your Tongue! 50 print-ready practice sheets

Printable Worksheet Pack Twist Your Tongue! 50 print-ready practice sheets

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream – the classic tongue twister that plays on sound-alike phrases. Full text, history, and why this beloved phrase is a crowd favourite.

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. The full verse, what Fuzzy Wuzzy actually was, and the vowel-swapping trick that makes butter/bitter/batter/better so hard to say.

She sells seashells by the seashore – the complete 4-line text, the Mary Anning fossil hunter story behind it, why /s/ and /sh/ trip everyone up, and tips.