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Funny Tongue TwistersThese funny tongue twisters are difficult to say and may be a little dirty if you say them wrong.

I slit the sheet - the sheet I slit - and on the slitted sheet I sit.

Try to keep repeating the phrase "Red lorry, yellow lorry"

She sells sea shells on the sea shore

Si! slippery snails, slid slowly seaward.

I m not a pheasant plucker,I m a pheasant pluckers son.#nd I m only plucking pleasantstill the pheasant plucker comes.

Silly Simon s sitting in a shoe shine shop.$here he sits he shines, and where he shines he sits.

Popular Tongue TwistersPeter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?She sells seashells by the seashore.

The shells she sells are surely seashells.So if she sells shells on the seashore,

I' sure she sells seashore shells.!ed lorry, yellow lorry.

Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?"ow uch wood would a woodchuck chuck

If a woodchuck could chuck wood?"e would chuck, he would, as uch as he could,



#nd chuck as uch as a woodchuck wouldIf a woodchuck could chuck wood.

$ids' %unny Tongue Twisters&ni ue (ew )ork.

*any an ane one sees an ene y ane one.%reshly+fried flying fish.She stood on the balcony,

ine plicably i icking hi hiccoughing,and a icably welco ing hi ho e.

I agine an i aginary enagerie anageri agining anaging an i aginary enagerie.

The epito e of fe ininity.# skunk sat on a stu p and thunk the stu p stunk,

but the stu p thunk the skunk stunk.-reek grapes.

upper roller lower roller % &y ' #R(I)* +IS R#

the si! saith the si! sheep % &y ' Rinkesh #grawal

# dri er dri es a dri ers dri en car for taking test dri e of the dri ers car dri en car % &y 'Shagil I/bal

0eter 0iper picked a pack of pickeled pepper. If 0eter 0iper picked a pack of pickeled pepper,where s the pack of pickeled pepper 0eter 0iper picked1 % &y ' )arrai

0epe s friend Ferdie found Felipe s cap that was left in the office of the fat cop % &y ' )arrai

when you understand say understand when you don t understand say dont t understand when yousay understand and don t understand who will understand that you understand.2)*3RST#)*

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twist the twisted tongue for twisting the twist of tongue twister % &y ' Shagil I/bal

today my e!pectation was e!pecting to be e!cectable % &y ' Shagil I/bal

how much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood % &y ' 4aitlin



kacha papaya pacca papaya % &y ' #mritha

fassi paffi faffi fappi faffi %&y' Ishak % &y ' #.Ishak &asha

can you can a can as a caner can can can a can1 % &y ' Tarleem

betty bumpkinbits had a bunkle berry pie she down be erlybitslebul ard to eat bunkleberry pie but betty bunkinbits knew the bunkleberry pie was dry she complained to benny bea er sayingthe pie was dry begging for a new warm bunkleberry pie % &y ' 5ocelyn #rcher

oonth ooncha oonth ki peeth oonchi oonchi poonch oonth ki % &y ' #shish #ggarwal

upper roller lower roller % &y ' *ilpreet 4aur

mere paer ki pochi tere khoche me 6a pahuchina idhar pahuchi na udhar pahuchikhabar pahuchi to ye pahuci kimere paer ki pochi tere khoche me 6a pahuchi % &y ' 7ukti +athur

Si!th Sick Shakes Si!th Sheep s Sick % &y ' 0rakhar

$hich witch wished which wicked wish1 % &y ' 0rakhar

If you understand say,"understand".If you don t understand say,"don t understand".&ut if you say don t understand e en if you understand, ow will i understand that youunderstands12nderstand1 % &y ' Francis

pake pad pe paka papita,paka pad ya paka papita,pake pad ko pakde pinku,pinku pakde paka papita % &y ' #RIS

how many coockies could a good cook cook, if a good cook could cook good coockies % &y 'arshita

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit. % &y ' +yles 5ohnson

7ellow 8orry, Red 8orry 7ellow 8orry, Red 8orry 7ellow 8orry, Red 8orry % &y ' SatyabirSingh

time to tick and prick ticks lick ticks an kick ticks % &y ' 9hloe +addison

the si!th sick sheikh s si!th sheep s sick % &y ' 5yosna



Father Francis From France Fried Fi e Fresh Fish For Fi e Friends From France. % &y ' Faith

+r garigation says that english matriculation e!amination is botheration to all sinhala nationswhose main occupation is paddy culti ation % &y ' #6ith

selly sold sea shels on the sea floor to buy some sea shels on the other side of the sea floor.% &y ' 5ad+.

bitty bought some bitter butter,then she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better % &y ' Shahid

ow much wood, would a woodchuck chuck if would the woodchuck chuk wood % &y ' 0rasada

+an makes mind to make others meagre. % &y ' +d #bu Taher +olla

She Sells Sea Shells on the Sea Shore % &y ' 0rashant Sharma

&etty &otter bought a bit of butter. &ut the butter was bitter. So &etty &otter bought a bit of butterto make the bitter butter better butter % &y ' #n6uman

$alter $addle won a walking wager.*id $alter $addle win a walking wager1If $alter $addle won a walking wager,

$here s the walking wager $alter $addle won1 % &y ' 3rin

:ood blood bad &lood good blood bad blood good blood bad blood. % &y ' +yilarasi

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I 8I43 the people 8I43 you who 8I43 others 8I43 me and make the others 8I43 me to 8I43others 8I43 you>its worth understanding % &y ' Sunil Re ar

Radha 4i booni main niboo ki dhara % &y ' Ro?

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;nce a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, "If a fellow asks afellow, 9an a fellow tell a fellow $hat a fellow means1" % &y ' Shopnobhora +onn

@ I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits.I brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits.Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mi!ed the big biscuitswith the basket of biscuits that was ne!t to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the

basket into a biscuit mi!er and brought the basket of biscuits and the bo! of mi!ed biscuits andthe biscuit mi!er to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines.@ So she bought a bit of butter,

better than her bitter butter,

and she baked it in her batter,and the batter was not bitter.So twas better &etty &otter

bought a bit of better butter.@ Sister Su?ie sewing shirts for soldiersSuch skill as sewing shirts;ur shy young sister Su?ie showsSome soldiers send epistles



Say they d rather sleep in thistlesThan the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Su?ie sews.@ There once was a man who had a sister, his name was +r. Fister.+r. Fister s sister sold sea shells by the sea shore.+r. Fister didn t sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets.

+r. Fister told his sister that he sold si! silk sheets to si! shieks.The sister of +r. Fister said I sold si! shells to si! shieks too@ She sells sea shells on the sea shoreAThe 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.@ Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.&ut if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells1She stood by &urgess s fish sauce shop welcoming him in.There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.

@ &etty bought some butter, but the butter &etty bought was bitter,so &etty bought some better butter,and the better butter &etty boughtwas better than the bitter butter &etty bought before@ 3d )ott was shot and Sam Shott was not.So it is better to be Shott than )ott.Some say )ott was not shot.&ut Shott says he shot )ott.3ither the shot Shott shot at )ott was not shot, or )ott was shot.If the shot Shott shot shot )ott, )ott was shot.&ut if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not )ott.owe er, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but )ott.So, 3d )ott was shot and that s hot Is it not1@ Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sie e-full ofunsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.

)ow, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousandthistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sie e-full of unsifted thistles,thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.@ 3sau $ood sawed wood.#ll the wood 3sau $ood saw, 3sau $ood would saw.#ll the wood $ood saw, 3sau sought to saw.

;ne day 3sau $ood s wood-saw would saw no wood.So 3sau $ood sought a new wood-saw.The new wood-saw would saw wood.;h, the wood 3sau $ood would saw.3sau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw.#nd 3sau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. #nd 3sau $ood sawedwood.



hrist as Tongue Twisters

• &obby brings bright bells.• 9hilly chipper children cheerfully chant.• 9omet cuddles cute 9hristmas kittens carefully.

• 3le en el es eat eight egged eels

• 3le en el es licked ele en little licorice lollipops.

• 0enny s pretty pink piggy bank

• Running reindeer romp round red wreaths.

• Santa stuffs Stephie s striped stocking.

• Santa s sack sags slightly.

• Santa sent Sally some slinky snakes

• Santa s sleigh slides on slick snow.

• Se en Santas sang silly songs.

• Silly Santa stole Sue s soup.

• Ten tiny tin trains toot ten times.

• Tiny Timmy trims the tall tree with tinsel.

• Two trains tra el together to Toyland.

• Tyler took ten tiny toys

"alloween Tongue Twisters• 9reepy crawler critters• *racula digs dreary, dark dungeons.

• Frankly, frankfurthers fried in fish fat taste fresh and fine to Frankenstein.

• :hostly ghouls gather gleefully to golf on ghostly golf courses.

• :irl gargoyle, guy gargoyle

• :obbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins

• orribly hoarse hoot owls hoot howls of horror in halloween haunted houses.



• I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, Iwon t wish the wish you wish to wish.

• If big black bats could blow bubbles, how big of bubbles would big black bats blow1

• If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch1

• +r. +ummy mustn t mess up +rs. +ummy s makeup.

• )at the bat swat at +att the gnat

• )o nose knows like a gnome s nose knows

• 0rofessional 0umpkin 0ickers are prone to pick the plumpest pumpkins.

• Transyl anian Tree Trimmers are trained to trim the tallest Transyl anian trees.

• $hich $itch, $anda wondered, would wish to wear a wrist watch1

@ Ten /ittle Witches;ne little two little three little witches,four little fi e little si! little witches,se en little eight little nine little witchesten little wicked witches0aster Tongue Twisters

• &usy bunnies bring blue baskets.• 3ach 3aster, 3ddie eats eighty eggs.

• Run, Red Rabbit, run

• Si! peeping chicks cheeping cheerily.

• 5ogging 6ellybeans 6oke and giggle, 6ogging 6ellybeans 6ump and 6iggle.

Thanksgi1ing Tongue Twisters• :reedy gobblers grabbed the gra y• 0eter 0ilgrim picked pretty plump pumpkins

• Ten tricky two-toed turkeys trotted on the table

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppersDid Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?



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Betty Botter had some butterBut, she said, this butter's bitterIf I bake this bitter butterIt would make my batter bitter.

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If u understand, say "understand".If u don't understand, say "don't understand".But if u understand and say "don't understand".ow do I understand that u understand? !nderstand

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If #tu chews shoes, should #tucho$e the shoes he chews?

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i feel d feel u feel do u feel d feel d feel i feelif u feel d feel d feel i feel i too feel d feel u feelbut dont feel.....



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#he sells sea shells on Da sea shorBut Da sea shells Dat she sells%n Da sea shor r not Da real &s

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#ol>e this riddle"6he ishermen lo>e me .But doctors hate me.7ids want eat me.I am a &2 letter word,5ho am I?

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5hat days of the week start wit the '6'?

nswer@ 6oday and 6omorrow

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%ne smart fellow, he felt smart.6wo smart fellows, they felt smart.2 smart fellows and they all felt smart.

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-ed lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.

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:uAh sy pna Pyar 7abi 5apas :at 8ayna:uAh sy ye i rar 7abi 5apas :at 8ayna7ehte -ehna ar Pal :ain 6umhra on:uAh #y yh i$har 7abhi 5apas :at 8aina...

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twister of twists once twisted a twistC twist that he twisted ws a 2 twisted twistCIf in twistin= a twist & twist should untwist, 6he untwisted twist would untwist tha twist.



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<hahat hy kisi chahat ko pane ke chahat hy chahat ko aa$mane ke. wo chahy humy chahy na chahy pr chahat hay un ke chahat me mit Aane ke.

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skunk sat on a stump ; thunk the stump stunk,Bt the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

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0eter 0iper picked a peck of pickled peppers.# peck of pickled peppers 0eter 0iper picked.

If 0eter 0iper picked a peck of pickled peppers,$here s the peck of pickled peppers 0eter 0iper picked1

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I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.$here she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

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ow many boards9ould the +ongols hoard



If the +ongol hordes got bored1

from the comic Calvin & Hobbes , by &ill $aterson

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ow can a clam cram in a clean cream can1

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Send toast to ten tense stout saints ten tall tents.

by Raymond $eisling

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*enise sees the fleece,*enise sees the fleas.

#t least *enise could snee?eand feed and free?e the fleas.

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9oy knows pseudonoise codes.

by 0ierre #bbat

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Sheena leads, Sheila needs.

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The thirty-three thie es thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

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Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thunderedthreatening the three-* thoughts of +atthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was onlythe thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty



year old thug thought of that morning.

by +eaghan *esbiens

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9an you can a can as a canner can can a can1

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Seth at Sainsbury s sells thick socks.

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7ou cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus

from a Far Side cartoon by :ary 8arson

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Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

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9lean clams crammed in clean cans.

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Si! sick hicks nick si! slick bricks with picks and sticks.

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I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, Iwon t wish the wish you wish to wish.

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Stupid superstition

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There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure.

Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in.

)ow they re fishing the fissure for Fisher.

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$orld $ide $eb

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To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock In a pestilential prison with a life long lock

#waiting the sensation of a short sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.

by $.S. :ilbert of :ilbert and Sulli an from The Mikado

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0icky people pick 0eter 0an 0eanut-&utter, tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.

from a commercial

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If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews1

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8uke s duck likes lakes. 8uke 8uck licks lakes. 8uke s duck licks lakes. *uck takes licksin lakes 8uke 8uck likes. 8uke 8uck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

from *r. Seuss Fox in Socks

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Se enty se en bene olent elephants

harder than it seems



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There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thie es go through.

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Santa s Short Suit Shrunk

name of a children s book

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I was born on a pirate ship

old your tounge while saying it.

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream

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$ayne went to $ales to watch walruses.

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In ertford, ereford and ampshire, urricanes ardly e er appen.

from the film "+y Fair 8ady"

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;ne-one was a race horse.Two-two was one too.;ne-one won one race.

Two-two won one too.

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3le en bene olent elephants

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9elibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...

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$illy s real rear wheel

*a id &owser in arrisburg, 0#

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If 0ickford s packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that 0ickford s packers packed sur i e for two and a half years1

from )aomi Fletcher s real life

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Si! sleek swans swam swiftly southwards

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:obbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.

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*id *ick 0ickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of 0inch orframing his famed French finch photos1

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0irates 0ri ate 0roperty

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$hat a terrible tongue twister,what a terrible tongue twister,

what a terrible tongue twister...

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$hen you write copy you ha e the right to copyright the copy you write. ...continued here

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# big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose

by 4itty +orrow

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3li?abeth s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

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#nn and #ndy s anni ersary is in #pril.

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Flash message

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Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.

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assock hassock, black spotted hassock. &lack spot on a black back of a black spottedhassock.

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ow many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies1 # goodcook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

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ow much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground1 #groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.

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ow much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.

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ow much wood could 9huck $oods woodchuck chuck, if 9huck $oods woodchuckcould and would chuck wood1 If 9huck $oods woodchuck could and would chuckwood, how much wood could and would 9huck $oods woodchuck chuck1 9huck

$oods woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as muchwood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.

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+ary +ac s mother s making +ary +ac marry me.+y mother s making me marry +ary +ac.

$ill I always be so +erry when +ary s taking care of me1$ill I always be so merry when I marry +ary +ac1

from a song by 9arbon 8eaf

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+r. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learnthe letter "T".

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0ete s pa pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen.

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She saw Sherif s shoes on the sofa. &ut was she so sure she saw Sherif s shoes on the sofa1

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Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.$hile these fleas flew, free?y bree?e blew.Free?y bree?e made these three trees free?e.Free?y trees made these trees cheese free?e.

That s what made these three free fleas snee?e.

from Fo! in So! by *r. Seuss



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Two tried and true tridents

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rudder al e re ersals

the cause of some plane crashes

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&irdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.If cows could fly I d ha e a cow pie in my eye.

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ow many cans can a cannibal nibbleif a cannibal can nibble cans1

#s many cans as a cannibal can nibbleif a cannibal can nibble cans.

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# twister of twists once twisted a twistA# twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twistA

If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.

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Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped +r. Thurber on Thursday.

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Four furious friends fought for the phone.

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0lymouth sleuths thwart 8uther s slithering.

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&obby &ippy bought a bat.&obby &ippy bought a ball.

$ith his bat &ob banged the ball&anged it bump against the wall&ut so boldly &obby banged it

That he burst his rubber ball"&oo " cried &obby

&ad luck ball&ad luck &obby, bad luck ball

)ow to drown his many troubles&obby &ippy s blowing bubbles.

from mid-$illamette (alley theater

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&lack background, brown background.

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$hy do you cry, $illy1$hy do you cry1

$hy, $illy1$hy, $illy1

$hy, $illy1 $hy1

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(ery well, ery well, ery well ...

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Tie twine to three tree twigs.

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Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.

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+ares eat oats and does eat oats,and little lambs eat i y.



# 4id will eat i y too, wouldn t you1

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Three short sword sheaths.

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9aution' $ide Right Turns

seen on semi-tractor trailers

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Rolling red wagons

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:reen glass globes glow greenly.

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Robert $ayne Rutter

personal name

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I stood sadly on the sil er steps of &urgess s fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccuping,and wildly welcoming him within.

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$hen I was in #rkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I e er saw, saw. Ifyou e got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I d like to see your saw saw.

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black back bat

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The /ueen in green screamed.

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ow many berries could a bare berry carry,if a bare berry could carry berries1$ell they can t carry berries

%which could make you ery wary but a bare berry carried is more scary

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$hat did you ha e for breakfast1- rubber balls and li/uor

$hat did you ha e for lunch1

- rubber balls and li/uor$hat did you ha e for dinner1

- rubber balls and li/uor

- rubber balls and li/uor

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Snap 9rackel pop,Snap 9rackel pop,Snap 9rackel pop

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Si! slimy snails sailed silently.

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I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

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Se en slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.

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Red &uick, blue &uick



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Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.

by +att *uchnowski

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e threw three balls.

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The great :reek grape growers grow great :reek grapes.

:3Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.

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$e re real rear wheels.

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Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.

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I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.

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)ear an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.

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;n a la?y laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

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Scissors si??le, thistles si??le.



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Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.

2;;ow much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel if a canny canonball can cram

caramel in a camel1

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e threw three free throws.

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Fresh French fried fly fritters

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:ig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ...

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I was born on a pirate ship.

Say it while holding your tongue.

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B 7 s 2 R.B 7 s 2 &.I 9 2 R.

B 7 s C me

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8ittle +ike left his bike like Tike at Spike s.

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7ellow butter, purple 6elly, red 6am, black bread.Spread it thick, say it /uick

7ellow butter, purple 6elly, red 6am, black bread.Spread it thicker, say it /uicker

7ellow butter, purple 6elly, red 6am, black bread.*on t eat with your mouth full

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$ow, race winners really want red wine right away

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The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arri es.

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I ll chew and chew until my 6aws drop.

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Triple *ickle

a strong drink

224

ow many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets1

225

Supposed to be pistachio,supposed to be pistachio,supposed to be pistachio.

by *iane 3step

226



9hester 9heetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.

from a high school singing class

227

Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall

228

#rgyle :argoyle

229

0eggy &abcock

personal name

22:

If you re keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts, buy a cunning stunning stunt kite.

23;

Two tiny tigers take two ta!is to town.

232

Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

by 0ierre #bbat

233

$illie s really weary.

234

7ally &ally had a 6olly golliwog. Feeling folly, 7ally &ally &ought his 6olly golli a dolliemade of holly The golli , feeling 6olly, named the holly dollie, 0olly. So 7ally &ally s



6olly golli s holly dollie 0olly s also 6olly

by +istah Twistah, Tony (aluch

235

;ut in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. $hile the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. $hether the temperature s up or whether the temperature s

down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature s rises or

whether the temperature falls the nature watcher 6ust watches the catcher who s watchingthe pitcher who s watching the balls.

by Sharon 5ohnson

236

Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy s Turtles tie.

237

5ohn, where 0eter had had "had had", had had "had"A"had had" had had his master s appro al.

238

3!cited e!ecutioner e!ercising his e!cising powers e!cessi ely.

239

0ail of ale aiding ailing #l s tra ails.

from India

23:*ouble bubble gum, bubbles double.

24;

If you can t can any candy can,



how many candy cans can a candy canner canif he can can candy cans 1

242

;ctopus ocular optics.and

# cat snaps a rat s pa!wa!.

by 0ierre #bbat

243

This is the si!th ?ebra snoo?ing thoroughly.

244

Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli ....

245

I saw 3sau kissing 4ate.I saw 3sau, he saw me, and she saw I saw 3sau.

246

# slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara.

247

Su?ie Seaword s fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to sift.

248

I eat eel while you peel eel

249

)othing is worth thousands of deaths.

24:



9asual clothes are pro isional for leisurely trips across #sia.

25;

3ast Fife Four, Forfar Fi e

an actual football result from the Scottish third di ision

252

Roy $ayneRoy RogersRoy Rash

personal names

253

DD was a racehorse,BB was DB,DDDD race,

BBDDB.

$unwun was a racehorse, Tutu was one too. $unwun won one race, Tutu won one too.

254

It s not the cough that carries you off,it s the coffin they carry you off in

255

She said she should sit.

256

+o mi mo me send me a toe,+e me mo mi get me a mole,+o mi mo me send me a toe,Fe me mo mi get me a mole,+ister kister feet so sweet,

+ister kister where will I eat 1





257

$ill you, $illiam1 $ill you, $illiam1 $ill you, $illiam19an t you, don t you, won t you, $illiam1

258

I wish you were a fish in my dish

259

She stood on the balcony, ine!plicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicablywelcoming him in.

an actor s ocal warmup for lips and tongue

25:

The big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back

26;

*ust is a disk s worst enemy.

262

I see a sea down by the seashore.&ut which sea do you see down by the seashore1

263

;ld +r. unthad a cuddy punt

)ot a cuddy punt but a hunt punt cuddy.

264

#s one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.

265



+ommy made me eat my +E+s.

266

I m not the fig plucker, )or the fig plucker s son, but I ll pluck your figs

till the fig plucker comes.

267

# ga?illion gigantic grapes gushedgradually gi ing gophers gooey guts.

268

#luminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum,linoleum, molybdenum

269

Thin grippy thick slippery.

26:

There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad,and a three toed, he toad, tree toad....

27;

The si!th sick sheik s si!th sheep s sick

272

The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.

273

If you notice this notice,you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.

274



If you understand, say "understand".If you don t understand, say "don t understand".

&ut if you understand and say "don t understand".how do I understand that you understand. 2nderstand 1

275

She sees cheese.

276

&rent Spence &ridge9lay $ade &ailey &ridge

places in ;hio

277

9hukotko-4amchatkan

pertaining to the Siberian people li ing in 4amchatka

278

There those thousand thinkers were thinkingwhere did those other three thie es go through.

279

Fi e frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.

27:

;ne smart fellow, he felt smart.Two smart fellows, they felt smart.

Three smart fellows, they felt smart.Four smart fellows, they felt smart.Fi e smart fellows, they felt smart.Si! smart fellows, they felt smart.



28;

Se en slea?y shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.

282I would if I could &ut I can t, so I won t

283

&ut a harder thing still to do.

$hat a to do to die today#t a /uarter or two to two.

# terrible difficult thing to say

&ut a harder thing still to do.The dragon will come at the beat of the drum

$ith a rat-a-tat-tat a-tat-tat a-tat-to#t a /uarter or two to two today,

#t a /uarter or two to two.

from a college drama class

284

8o e s a feeling you feel when you feelyou re going to feel the feeling you e ne er felt before.

285

Silly sheep weep and sleep.

286

Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...

287

# turbot s not a burbot, for a turbot s a butt, but a burbot s not.

288

I know a boy named Tate



who dined with his girl at eight eight.I m unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight

or what Tate s t te G t te ate at eight eight.

289

I saw a saw in #rkansas,that would outsaw any saw I e er saw,

and if you got a sawthat will outsaw the saw I saw in #rkansas

let me see your saw.

28:

The seething sea ceasethA thus the seething sea sufficeth us.

29;

Real weird rear wheels

by +ichael *workin and &ill ar ey

292

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.

293

# pessimistic pest e!ists amidst us.

294

4nife and a fork bottle and a cork that is the way you spell )ew 7ork.

9hicken in the car and the car can go,that is the way you spell 9hicago.

295

Fi e fu??y French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.



296

Two to two to Toulouse1

297Swatch watch

298

*r. 5ohnson and +r. 5ohnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that theIndian nation beyond the Indian ;cean is back in education because the chief occupation

is culti ation.

299

Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

29:

&uckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood

2:;

I m a sock cutter and I cut socks.I m a sock cutter and I cut socks.I m a sock cutter and I cut socks.

2:2

If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep theircoloured coat coloured properly1

2:3

$e won, we won, we won, we won, ...

2:4

Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.

by 5ulia *icum



2:5

ow much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground1

2:6

ow may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws1

by 5illian :oet?

2:7

#s he gobbled the cakes on his plate,the greedy ape said as he ate,the greener green grapes are,

the keener keen apes areto gobble green grape cakes,

they re great

from *r. Seuss s O Say Can You Say?

2:8

ow much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle1# wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle

could hurdle myrtle.

2:9

Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.

2::

Rattle your bottles in Rollocks an.

3;;# fly and flea flew into a flue,

said the fly to the flea what shall we do1let us fly said the flea

said the fly shall we fleeso they flew through a flaw in the flue.



3;2

ow much dew does a dewdrop dropIf dewdrops do drop dew1

They do drop, they do#s do dewdrops drop

If dewdrops do drop dew.

3;3

If 4antie can tie a tie and untie a tie,why can t I tie a tie and untie a tie like 4antie can.

3;4

&ake big batches of bitter brown bread.

3;5

&ut she as far surpasseth Sycora!,#s great st does least.

9aliban describing +iranda s beauty in "The Tempest", by $illiam Shakespeare

3;6

&ake big batches of brown blueberry bread.

3;7

She sits in her slip and sips Schlit?.

3;8

$hich wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch1

3;9

$hoe er slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.

3;:

+ummies make money.



32;

9rush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes.

322#n elephant was asphy!iated in the asphalt.

323

# black bloke s back brake-block broke.

324

This is a ?ither.

325

Fresh fried fish,Fish fresh fried,Fried fish fresh,Fish fried fresh.

326

There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.

327

Really leery, rarely 8arry.

328

&ig black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.

329

3li?abeth has ele en el es in her elm tree.

32:



er whole right hand really hurts.

difficult in &ra?il

33;

9ome, come,Stay calm, stay calm, )o need for alarm,

It only hums,It doesn t harm.

332

Tie a knot, tie a knot.Tie a tight, tight knot.

Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.

333

Red blood, green blood

334

I m a sheet slitter.I slit sheets.

I m the sleekest sheet slitter that e er slit sheets.

335

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

336

&usy bu??ing bumble bees.

337

# lump of red leather, a red leather lump



338

)at the bat swat at +att the gnat.

339I shot the city sheriff.I shot the city sheriff.I shot the city sheriff.

33:

# lady sees a pot-mender at work at his barrow in the street."#re you copper-bottoming them, my man1"

")o, I m aluminiuming em, +um

34;

I am not a pheasant plucker,I m a pheasant plucker s son

but I ll be plucking pheasants$hen the pheasant plucker s gone.

342

Su?ie, Su?ie, working in a shoeshine shop.#ll day long she sits and shines,all day long she shines and sits,

and sits and shines, and shines and sits,and sits and shines, and shines and sits.

Su?ie, Su?ie, working in a shoeshine shop.

Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor s shop.#ll day long he fits and tucks,all day long he tucks and fits,

and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits,and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits.

Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor s shop.

sung by Ian +ackintosh

343



0reshrunk silk shirts.

344

9raig =uinn s /uick trip to 9rabtree 9reek.

345

Si! shining cities, si! shining cities, si! shining cities.

346

$hile we were walking, we were watching window washers wash $ashington s windowswith warm washing water.

347

# big black bear sat on a big black bug.

348

# bloke s bike back brake block broke.

349

Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw se en segregated seaplanes sailingswiftly southward Saturday.

34:

&etty &otter bought some butter but she said the butter s bitter. If I put it in my batter itwill make my batter bitter. So, she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butterand she put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter. So twas good that &etty &otter

bought some better butter.

35;ow much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil1

352

:ood blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.



353

)o nose knows like a gnome s nose knows.

by the ofman family

354

Freshly fried fresh flesh

355

There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two,too.

356

There once was a man who had a sister, his name was +r. Fister. +r. Fister s sister soldsea shells by the sea shore. +r. Fister didn t sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. +r. Fistertold his sister that he sold si! silk sheets to si! shieks. The sister of +r. Fister said I sold

si! shells to si! shieks too

357

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. &ut if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore thenwhere are the sea shells Sally sells1

358

She stood by &urgess s fish sauce shop welcoming him in.

359

Swan swam o er the sea.Swim, swan, swim

Swan swam back again.

$ell swum swan

35:

Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.



36;

She sells sea shells on the sea shoreAThe 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.

362

Tie twine to three tree twigs.

363

7ou know )ew 7ork.7ou need )ew 7ork.

7ou know you need uni/ue )ew 7ork.

364

$hat noise annoys an oyster most1# noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

365

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.

366

&lake s black bike s back brake bracket block broke.

367

3ach 3aster 3ddie eats eighty 3aster eggs.

368

She slits the sheet she sits on.

369

# rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets ofScarboroughA after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.



36:

# twister of twists once twisted a twist.and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist.

now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist,would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.

37;

Red lolly, yellow lolly.

372

I am a mother pheasant plucker,I pluck mother pheasants.

I am the best mother pheasant plucker,that e er plucked a mother pheasant

373

+rs unt had a country cut frontin the front of her country cut pettycoat.

374

4napsack strap.

375

5ohn, where +olly had had "had", had had "had had". " ad had " had had the teachersappro al

376

+iss Smith s fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.

377

:reat gray goats

378

$hether the weather be fine



or whether the weather be not.$hether the weather be cold

or whether the weather be hot.$e ll weather the weather whether we like it or not.

379

Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...

37:

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better

38;

There s a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

382

ow many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks1

383

Twel e twins twirled twel e twigs.

384

If you stick a stock of li/uor in your locker it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock

or some 6oker who is slicker is going to trick you of your li/uor

if you fail to lock your li/uor with a lock.

385

9lowns grow glowing crowns.

386

9an you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie1



387

Sister Su?ie sewing shirts for soldiersSuch skill as sewing shirts

;ur shy young sister Su?ie showsSome soldiers send epistles

Say they d rather sleep in thistlesThan the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Su?ie sews.

388

Red leather, yellow leather, ...

389

IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF;

programming language 08HI by &ruce $alker

38:

Announcement at Victo ia Station! "ondon#Two to two to Tooting too

39;

Richard s wretched ratchet wrench.

392

Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers.

393

&etty &otter bought some butter but, said she, the butter s bitter.If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.

&ut a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.So twas better &etty &otter bought some better butter.

394





# bo! of biscuits,a bo! of mi!ed biscuits,

and a biscuit mi!er.

395

$hen a doctor doctors a doctor,does the doctor doing the doctoring

doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor1

396

$hat to do to die today at a minute or two to two. # terribly difficult thing to say and aharder thing to do. # dragon will come and beat his drum Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too at a

minute or two to two today. #t a minute or two to two.

$ho is the author1

397

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch1

398

The soldier s shoulder surely hurts

399

She sees seas slapping shores.

39:

# loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.

by Ray $eisling

3:;

:reek grapes.

3:2



+r. See owned a saw and +r Soar owned a seesaw. )ow See s saw sawed Soar s seesaw before Soar saw See.

3:3

Si! sick sea-serpents swam the se en seas.

3:4

There was a little witch which switched from 9hichester to Ipswich.

3:5

# proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.

3:6

)e er trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you

3:7

Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sie e-full ofunsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. )ow, if

Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistlesthrough the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sie e-full of unsifted thistles,

thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.

3:8

Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ...

3:9

# smart fella, a fella smart.

It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart.

3::

She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sie e of unsifted thistles and a sie e of sifted thistles andthe sie e of unsifted thistles she sifts into the sie e of sifted thistles because she is a

thistle-sifter.



4;;

#dmidst the mists and coldest frosts,$ith stoutest wrists and loudest boasts,

e thrusts his fists against the posts,#nd still insists he sees the ghosts.

4;2

Fu??y $u??y was a bear,Fu??y $u??y had no hair,

Fu??y $u??y wasn t ery fu??y,was he1

4;3

&lue glue gun, green glue gun.

4;4

&etty bought some butter, but the butter &etty bought was bitter,

so &etty bought some better butter,and the better butter &etty bought

was better than the bitter butter &etty bought before

4;5

Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, ...

4;6

+allory s hourly salary.

4;7

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.

4;8

*on t spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring ne!t spring.

4;9



# flea and a fly in a flue,were imprisoned. So what could they do1

Said the fly, "8et us flee".Said the flea, "8et us fly".

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

4;:

4ing Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb.# thousand thistles 4ing Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb.

If 4ing Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb,ow many thistles did 4ing Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb1

42;

Fi e fat friars frying flat fish.

422

The bottle of perfume that $illy sentwas highly displeasing to +illicent.

er thanks were so coldthat they /uarreled, I m told

o er that silly scent $illy sent +illicent

423

3sau $ood sawed wood. #ll the wood 3sau $ood saw, 3sau $ood would saw. #ll thewood $ood saw, 3sau sought to saw. ;ne day 3sau $ood s wood-saw would saw no

wood. So 3sau $ood sought a new wood-saw. The new wood-saw would saw wood. ;h,the wood 3sau $ood would saw. 3sau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other

wood-saw would saw. #nd 3sau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw wouldsaw. #nd 3sau $ood sawed wood.

424&etty bought some bitter butter

and it made her batter bitter,so &etty bought some better butter

to make her bitter batter better.



425

# skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

426

I m not the fig plucker,nor the fig pluckers son,

but I ll pluck figsTill the fig plucker comes.

427

3!tinct insects instincts, e!tant insects instincts.

by 0ierre #bbat

428

The si!th sheik s si!th sheep s sick.

429

Sweater weather, leather weather.

42:

;ne black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.

43;

The big black bug s blood ran blue.

432

I am not the pheasant plucker,I m the pheasant plucker s mate.

I am only plucking pheasantscause the pheasant plucker s running late.

433



3d )ott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than )ott. Some say )ott was not shot. &ut Shott says he shot )ott. 3ither the shot Shott shot at )ott was notshot, or )ott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot )ott, )ott was shot. &ut if the shot Shottshot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not )ott. owe er, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott -

but )ott. So, 3d )ott was shot and that s hot Is it not1

434

$e will learn why her lowly lone, worn yarn loom will rarely earn immoral money.

by Ray $eisling

435

2ni/ue )ew 7ork, uni/ue )ew 7ork, uni/ue )ew 7ork, ...

436

If *r. Seuss $ere a Technical $riter.....

ere s an easy game to play.ere s an easy thing to say'

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,#nd the bus is interrupted as a ery last resort,

#nd the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,#nd the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,

#nd your data is corrupted cause the inde! doesn t hash,then your situation s hopeless, and your system s gonna crash

7ou can t say this1 $hat a shame, sir$e ll find you another game, sir.

If the label on the cable on the table at your house,Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,&ut your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,

That s repeatedly re6ected by the printer down the hall,#nd your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,

So your icons in the window are as wa y as a souse,Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,



9ause as sure as I m a poet, the sucker s gonna hang

$hen the copy of your floppy s getting sloppy on the disk,#nd the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,

Then you ha e to flash your memory and you ll want to ram your rom.=uickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom

from the 2ni! fortune database, attributed to *ement*5 ccip.perkin-elmer.com in therec.humor.funny newsgroup

437

0icky people pick 0eter 0an 0eanut &utter.0eter 0an 0eanut is the peanut picky people pick.

438

Ray Rag ran across a rough road.#cross a rough road Ray Rag ran.

$here is the rough road Ray Rag ran across1

439

3lmer #rnold

personal name

43:

# Tudor who tooted the flutetried to tutor two tooters to toot.

Said the two to the tutor,"Is it harder to toot or

to tutor two tooters to toot1"

44;

+rs 0uggy $uggy has a s/uare cut punt. )ot a punt cut s/uare,5ust a s/uare cut punt.

It s round in the stern and blunt in the front.+rs 0uggy $uggy has a s/uare cut punt.



442

Tim, the thin twin tinsmith.

443Thin sticks, thick bricks

444

Red lorry, yellow lorry.

445

# big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.

446

ow much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a wooodchuck could chuck wood1

# woodchuck would chuck all the wooda woodchuck could chuck

if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

447

8arry urley, a burly s/uirrel hurler, hurled a furry s/uirrel through a curly grill.

448

Si! twin screwed steel steam cruisers.

449

# nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.

44:

I thought a thought.&ut the thought I thought wasn t the thought I thought I thought.If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought,

I wouldn t ha e thought so much.



45;

She sells sea shells on the seashore.The seashells she sells are seashells she is sure.

452

F om the $ o% amme s desk#She sells cshs by the 9 shore.

453

# noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more

454

0lain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.

455

There was a young man called Fisher who was fishing for fish in a fissure.

Then a cod with a grin pulled the fisherman in.

)ow they re searching the fissure for Fisher.

456

Slick slim slippers sliding south.

457

The 8eith police dismisseth usThey thought we sought to stayAThe 8eith police dismisseth usThey thought we d stay all day.

The 8eith police dismisseth us,$e both sighed sighs apieceA#nd the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye

$ere the si?e of the 8eith police.

458



#h shucks, si! stick shifts stuck shut

459

+eter maid +ary married manly +atthew +arcus +ayo,a moody male mailman mo ing mostly metered mail.

45:

The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.

46;

ow much dough would &ob *ole doleif &ob *ole could dole dough1

&ob *ole would dole as much doughas &ob *ole could dole,

if &ob *ole could dole dough.

462

0eople pledging plenty of pennies.

463

+ares eat oats and does eat oats, but little lambs eat i y.

from a pre-war 3nglish music-hall song

464

To begin to toboggan first, buy a toboggan.&ut do not buy too big a toboggan

Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.

465

9ourtney *workin

personal name

466



Switch watch, wrist watch.

467Si! thick thistle sticks.

468

&lack bug s blood

469

+oses supposes his toeses are roses, but +oses supposes erroneously.

For +oses, he knowses his toeses aren t roses,as +oses supposes his toeses to be.

*onald ; 9onnor and :ene 4elly in "Singing in the rain

46:

I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.

47;

She sells seashells on the seashore. The seashells she sells are seashore seashells.

472

Irish wristwatch

473

She had shoulder surgery.

474

To put a pipe in byte mode, type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE .

from the (isual 9JJ help file.



475

Th ee T ee Tu tles

Three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters.If three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters,

where s the twisters the three tree turtles talked1

476

My F iend 'ladys

;h, the sadness of her sadness when she s sad.;h, the gladness of her gladness when she s glad.

&ut the sadness of her sadness,

and the gladness of her gladness,#re nothing like her madness when she s mad

477

I would if I could, and if I couldn t, how could I17ou couldn t, unless you could, could you1

common school kids nonsense, circa DKDL

478

real rear wheel

479

:i e me the gift of a grip-top sock,# clip drape shipshape tip top sock.

)ot your spinslick slapstick slipshod stock,&ut a plastic, elastic grip-top sock.

)one of your fantastic slack swap slopFrom a slap dash flash cash haberdash shop.

)ot a knick knack knitlock knockneed knickerbocker sock $ith a mock-shot blob-mottled trick-ticker top clock.

)ot a supersheet seersucker rucksack sock, )ot a spot-speckled frog-freckled cheap sheik s sock

;ff a hodge-podge moss-blotched scotch-botched block. )othing slipshod drip drop flip flop or glip glop



Tip me to a tip top grip top sock.

articulation warmup for actors

47:

)ational Sheepshire Sheep #ssociation

48;

The crow flew o er the ri er with a lump of raw li er.

482

The little red lorry went down 8imuru road.

8imuru %8ee-moo-roo road is a the name of a road in 4enya.

483

Flies fly but a fly flies.

484

*id *oug dig *ick s garden or did *ick dig *oug s garden1

by 0aul *a ies

485

If a ottentot taught a ottentot tot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the ottentot tot be taught to say ought or naught or what ought to be taught er1

486

ow many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans1 # canner can can as many cansas a canner can if a canner can can cans.

487

Federal 3!press is now called Fed3!.



$hen I retire I ll be a Fed3! e!.&ut if I m an officer when I retire, I ll be an e! Fede! 3!ec.

Then after a di orce, my e!-wife will be an e! Fed3! e!ec s e!.If I re6oin Fed3! in time, I d be an e! e! Fed3! e!ec.

$hen we remarry, my wife will be an e! e! Fed3! e!ec s e!.

488

$hich witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished1

by #nn 9lark

489

*oes this shop sport short socks with spots1

48:

9ustomer' *o you ha e soothers1Shopkeeper %thinking he had said "scissors" ' )o, we don t ha e scissors.

9ustomer' SoothersShopkeeper ' )o, we don t ha e scissors or soothers.

... scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, ...

actual con ersation in a shop in 9anada, recorded by *on +onson

49;

Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor s shop.#ll day long he fits and tucks,all day long he tucks and fits,

and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits,and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits.

Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor s shop.

492 )o need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

493

I wish to wish, I dream to dream, I try to try, and I li e to li e, and I d die to die, and I cry



why can t I tie a tie and untie a tie1

49:

I m a mother pheasant plucker.I pluck mother pheasants.I m the pleasantest mother pheasant plucker,

That e er plucked a mother pheasant.#ctually, ...

I m )ot the pheasant plucker,I m the pheasant plucker s son.

&ut I ll stay and pluck the pheasantsTill the pheasant plucking s done

4:;

If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole.

4:2

Se en slick and se!y sealskin ski suits slid slowly down the slope.

4:3

The chief of the 8eith police dismisseth us.

4:4

Fred Threlfall s thirty-fi e fine threads are finer threads than Fred Threlfall s thirty-fi ethick threads.

by #nthony )ichols

4:5

&ug s black blood

4:6

Reed $ade Road

4:7





*ear mother,gi e your other udderto my other brother.

5;6

&lended baby blue bug s blood blotches.

made up watching bugs splatter on the windshield ... ugh

5;7

So, this is the sushi chef1

Spoken to a friend in a 5apanese restaurant on the chefPs return.

5;8

&etty &otter bought some butter, but the butter &etty &otter bought was bitter. So &etty&otter bought some better butter to make the bitter butter &etty &otter bought better. &ut

instead of the better butter &etty &otter bought making the bitter butter &etty &otter bought better, the bitter butter &etty &otter bought made the better butter &etty &otter

bought bitter

5;9

Furnish Freddie s nursery with forty-four furry Furby &eanie &abies.

5;:

#rnold 0almer, #rnold 0almer, #rnold 0almer, ...

name of the famous #merican golfer

52;

# bitter biting bittern bit a better biting bittern#nd the better biting bittern bit the bitter biting bittern back.

Said the bitter biting bittern to the better biting bitternQIPm a bitter biting bittern bitten back



522

9ertified certificates from certified certificate certifiers.

523Imagine, imagining imagining, an imaginary imaginary imaginary menagerie manager,

imagining imagining imagining an imaginary imaginary imaginary managerie.

524

$hat noise annoys a noisy oyster1#ny noise annoys a noisy oyster,

but a noisy noise annoys a noisy oyster most

525

$e need a plan to fan a panA find a pan to fan, then find a fan to fan the pan, then fan the pan.

Some 4orean students find difficult to pronounce difference between f and p .

infiniti1e si ple past past participle be wasHwere been

bear bore borneHborn %#3 beat beat beaten become became become begin began begun bend bent bent bet bet bet bid bid, bade bid, bidden bind bound bound bite bit bitten bleed bled bled

blow blew blown break broke broken breed bred bred bring brought brought broadcast broadcast broadcast build built built burst burst burst



bust bust bust buy bought boughtcast cast castcatch caught caughtchoose chose chosencling clung clungcome came comecost cost costcreep crept creptcut cut cutdeal dealt dealtdig dug dugdi e di edHdo e%#3 di eddo did donedraw drew drawndrink drank drunk dri e dro e dri eneat ate eatenfall fell fallenfeed fed fedfeel felt feltfight fought foughtfind found foundflee fled fledfling flung flungfly flew flownforbid forbade, forbad forbiddenforecast forecast forecastforget forgot forgottenforsake forsook forsakenfree?e fro?e fro?enget got got, gotten %#3gi e ga e gi engrind ground groundgo went gonegrow grew grownhang hung hungha e had hadhear heard heardhide hid hiddenhit hit hithold held held



hurt hurt hurtkeep kept keptknow knew knownlay laid laidlead led ledlea e left leftlend lent lentlet let letlie lay lainlight lit litlose lost lostmake made mademean meant meantmeet met met

pay paid paid pro e pro ed pro en put put put/uit /uit /uitread read readrid rid ridride rode riddenring rang rungrise rose risenrun ran runsay said saidsee saw seenseek sought soughtsell sold soldsend sent sentset set setsew sewed sewnshake shook shakenshear sheared shornshed shed shedshine shone shoneshoot shot shotshow showed shownshut shut shutsing sang sungsink sank sunk sit sat satslay slew slain



sleep slept sleptslide slid slidsling slung slungslink slunk slunk slit slit slitsow sowed sownspeak spoke spokenspeed sped spedspend spent spentspin spun spunspit spat, spit spat, spitsplit split splitspread spread spreadspring sprang sprungstand stood stoodsteal stole stolenstick stuck stuck sting stung stungstink stank, stunk stunk stride strode striddenstrike struck struck string strung strungstri e stro e stri enswear swore swornsweep swept sweptswell swelled swollenswim swam swumswing swung swungtake took takenteach taught taughttear tore torntell told toldthink thought thoughtthri e thro e thri edthrow threw thrownthrust thrust thrusttread trod trodden, trodunderstand understood understoodwake woke wokenwear wore wornwea e wo e wo enweep wept wept



wet wet wetwin won wonwind wound woundwring wrung wrungwrite wrote written

regular form %J -ed also possible.

The trend, in 3nglish, and especially in #merican 3nglish, is to standardi?e the irregular erbs.$e do not foresee all the irregular erbs e er being standardi?ed, but some of the more minorariations in less commonly used words will probably disappear in the ne!t genration or two.

The following 3nglish irregular erbs are now obsolete and use the standard past and participleforms %-ed .

infiniti1e burndreamdwellkneelleanlearnmowsmellspellspillspoiltrust

!eported co andsIf you put a command into Reported speech there are some steps which are the same like instatements ' %changing of the person, backshift of tenses, changing of e!pressions of time .

The form is mostly' form of to tell J to J infiniti e.

#ffir ati1e co ands (egati1e co andsFather' "*o your homework." Teacher. "*on t talk to your neighbour."Father told me to do my homework. The teacher told me not to talk to my neighbour.

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!eported uestionsIf you put a /uestion into Reported speech there are some steps which are the same like instatements ' %changing of the person, backshift of tenses, changing of e!pressions of time .

In Reported speech there is no /uestion anymore, the sentence becomes a statement.That s why the word order is' sub6ect - erb

=uestion without /uestion words %yesHno /uestions '0eter' "*o you play football1" - 0eter asked me whether %if I played football.

=uestion with /uestion words'0eter' "$hen do you play football1" - 0eter asked me when I played football.

0nglish -ra ar + !eported speechStatements

D If the sentence starts in the present, there is no backshift of tenses in Reported speech.3!ample' Susan' "I work in an office." Susan says that she works in an office.

B If the sentence starts in the past, there is often backshift of tenses in Reported speech. %see' )ote3!ample' Susan' "I work in an office." Susan said that she worked in an office.

Backshift of tenses

from to

#implePresent

#implePast

#imple Past

PastPerfect

PresentPerfect

Past Perfect

will would

Pro=ressi>e forms

am are is was were





was were

had beenhas been

had been

Backshift of tenses

from to

Peter@ "I work in the =arden." Peter said that he worked in the =arden.

Peter@ "I worked in the =arden."

Peter said that he had worked in the =arden.Peter@ "I ha>e worked in the =arden."

Peter@ "I had worked in the =arden."

Peter@ "I will work in the =arden." Peter said that he would work in the =arden.

Peter@ "I can work in the =arden." Peter said that he could work in the =arden.

Peter@ "I may work in the =arden." Peter said that he mi=ht work in the =arden.

Peter@ "I would work in the =arden."+could, mi=ht, should, ou=ht to1

Peter said that he would work in the =arden.+could, mi=ht, should, ou=ht to1

Pro=ressi>e forms

Peter@ "I'm workin= in the =arden." Peter said that he was workin= in the =arden.

Peter@ "I was workin= in the =arden."

Peter said that he had been workin= in the=arden.

Peter@ "I ha>e been workin= in the=arden."

Peter@ "I had been workin= in the=arden."

If the sentence contains an e!pression of time, you must change it as well.

0eter' "I worked in the garden yesterday."0eter said that he had worked in the garden the day before.

Shifting of e!pressions of time

this +e>enin=1 that +e>enin=1



today thisday

that day

these +days1 those +days1

now then

+a week1 a=o +a week1 before

last weekendthe weekend before the pre>ious

weekend

here there

neEt +week1 the followin= +week1

tomorrow the neEt followin= day

)ote'

In some cases the backshift of tenses is not necessary, e.g. when statements are still true.

5ohn' "+y brother is at 8eip?ig uni ersity."5ohn said that his brother was at 8eip?ig uni ersity. or 5ohn said that his brother is at 8eip?ig uni ersity.

or

+andy' "The sun rises in the 3ast."+andy said that the sun rose in the 3ast. or +andy said that the sun rises in the 3ast.

Use

It is possible to fulfil a condition which is gi en in the if-clause.

Formif clause main clause

#implePresent

willFfutureorinfiniti>eor:odal Ginfiniti>e



ExamplesIf I study, I will pass the eEams.

If you see Hohntoni=ht,

tell him to eFmail me.

If Ben =ets up early, he can catch the bus.

The if-clause can be at the beginning or at the end of the sentence.

If I study,I will pass theeEams.

I will pass theeEams

if I study.

Conditional sentences

The conditional sentences are sometimes confusing for learners of 3nglish.

$atch out'

D $hich type of the conditional sentences is used1

B $here is the if-clause %e.g. at the beginning or at the end of the conditional sentence 1

6here are three types of the ifFclauses.

type condition

I condition possible to fulfill

II condition in theory possible to fulfill

IIIcondition not possible to fulfill +toolate1

Formtype if clause main clause

I#implePresent

willFfuture +or :odal G infiniti>e1

II #imple Past would G infiniti>e *



III Past Perfect would G ha>e G past participle*

Examples (if-clause at the beginning)

type if clause main clause

I If I study, I will pass the eEam.

II If I studied, I would pass the eEam.

III If I had studied,I would ha>e passed theeEam.

Examples (if-clause at the end)type main clause if-clause

I I will pass the eEam if I study.

II I would pass the eEam if I studied.

IIII would ha>e passed theeEam

if I had studied.

Examples (affirmative and negative sentences)type Examples

long forms short/contracted forms

I

G If I study, I will pass the eEam. If I study, I'll pass the eEam.

FIf I study, I will not fail the eEam.If I do not study, I will fail the eEam.

If I study, I won't fail the eEam.If I don't study, I'll fail the eEam.

II

G If I studied, I would pass the eEam. If I studied, I'd pass the eEam.

FIf I studied, I would not fail the eEam.If I did not study, I would fail the eEam.

If I studied, I wouldn't fail the eEam.If I didn't study, I'd fail the eEam.

III

G If I had studied, I would ha>e passed theeEam.

If I'd studied, I'd ha>e passed the eEam.

F

If I had studied, I would not ha>e failed theeEam.If I had not studied, I would ha>e failed theeEam.

If I'd studied, I wouldn't ha>e failed theeEam.If I hadn't studied, I'd ha>e failed the eEam.



$e can substitute could or might for would %should, may or must are sometimes possible, too .

I would pass theeEam.

I could pass theeEam.

I mi=ht pass theeEam.

I may pass the eEam.

I should pass theeEam.

I must pass the

eEam.

Thanks to 4ai.

The definite article - the

The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural.the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers

If the following word begins with a owel, we speak U, if the following word begins with a

consonant, we speak U.

[ ] [ ]

the followin= word starts with a spokenconsonant

the followin= word starts with a spoken >owel

the =irl the 0n=lish =irl

the book the blue book

the school the old school

the unitere a J is pronounced at the be=innin= of the

word.

the uncleere a J is pronounced at the be=innin= of the

word.

$e ha e listed some e!amples in the following table. There you can see when we use thedefinite article and when we don t.



without the definite article with the definite article

=eneral words +indefinite1 =eneral words +definite1

8ife is too short.I like flowers.

I'>e read a book on the life of Bill <linton.I like the flowers in your =arden.

names of persons on the sin=ular, relati>es family names in the plural

Peter and Hohn li>e in 8ondon.unt :ary li>es in 8os n=eles.

6he #miths li>e in <hica=o.

public buildin=s, institutions, means of transport+indefinite1

public buildin=s, institutions, means of transport+definite1

:andy doesn't like school.5e =o to school by bus.#ome people =o to church on #undays.

6he school that :andy =oes to is old.6he bus to Dresden lea>es at K.LM.6he round church in 7lin=enthal is famous.

names of countries in the sin=ularC summits ofmountainsC continentsC towns

names of countries in the pluralC mountainran=esC re=ions

/ermany, ranceC:ount 5hitney, :ount :c7inleyCfrica, 0uropeC<airo, 4ew ork

the !nited #tates of merica, the 4etherlandsCthe i=hlands, the -ocky :ountains, the lpsCthe :iddle 0ast, the west of ustralia

sin=le islands =roups of islands

<orfu, Bermuda, #icily the Bahamas, the British Isles, the <anaries

parksC lakesC streets name with ofFphraseC oceansC seasC ri>ers

9entral 0ark, yde 0arkA8ake +ichigan, 8och )essACBnd Street, ;!ford Street

the Statue of 8iberty, the Tower %of 8ondon ,the Isle of $ightAthe #tlantic %;cean Athe +editerranean %Sea Athe )ile, the Rhine, the Sue? 9anal

months, days of the week +indefinite1 months, days of the week +definite1

6he weekend is o>er on :onday mornin=.Huly and u=ust are the most popular monthsfor holidays.

I always remember the :onday when I had anaccident.6he u=ust of MM& was hot and dry.

$e use the seasons of the year %spring, summer, autumn, winter with or without the definitearticle.



in summer or in the summer

The #merican 3nglish word for autum VfallW is always used with the definte article.

Sometimes we use the article and sometimes we do not. It often depends on the conte!t. $atchthe following e!ample'

The student goes to school.The mother goes to the school.

In the first sentence we do not use the definite article, in the second we do. The student goes toschool for its primary purpose, so we do not use the article.

The mother might talk to a teacher, for e!ample. She isits the school for a different reason.That s why we use the definite article in the second sentence.

The indefinite article - a

The indefinte article is the a is the same for all genders.a boy, a girl, a cat

The indefinte article has no plural form.a boy - boys

$e use an if the following word starts with a owel.

the followin= word starts with aconsonant

the followin= word starts with a >owel

a boy an aunt

a school an old school

a =irl an merican =irl

+ind the pronunciation of the following word.

a unit an uncle

6his u sounds like a consonant, so weuse a.

6his u sounds like a >owel, so we usean.



Use of the indefinite article a/an

- before phrases of time and measurements %per weekHweekly

5e ha>e 0n=lish L times a week.

I =o on holiday twice a year.

%ur car can do M kilometres anhour.

6omatoes are N a kilo.

- before phrases of 6obs

:y father is a car

mechanic.

- before phrases of nationality

Bruce #prin=steen is anmerican.

- halfH/uite

5e need half a pound ofsu=ar.

6his is uite a =ood story.

!elati1e clauses with who<whichwho' when we talk about peoplewhich' when we talk about thingswhose' instead of hisHher or their

$e also use that for whoHwhich.



If there are two ob6ects in a sentence, the normal word order is' person - thing

3!amples'I must gi e my sister a book.

I ga e +andy the letter.I ga e her the letter.

If the thing is a pronoun, it stands behind the erb.I must gi e it to her.

If we want to emphasi?e the person, we put the person after the thing. Then we use the preposition to.

8et s write the letter to 5ohn in 9alifornia.

2sing the words describe, e!plain, report, say - we always put the person after the thing.%preposition to

I e!plain this rule to you.

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