Medium Tongue Twisters for Speed & Rhythm Practice
Test your speaking speed with longer sentences that improve your natural rhythm and flow without tripping over words.
Betty Botter Bought Some
"Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But 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 't was better Betty Botter bought some better butter."
How Much Wood Would
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck how much a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood."
Peter Piper Picked A
"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?"
Phonetic Focus & Articulation Mechanics
Primary Focus: Fast consonant pairs (P, B, T, D, K, G), shifting S and SH sounds, and steady breathing.
Studio Practice Advice for MEDIUM
- Break sentences into 2-word groups to match the studio teleprompter layout.
- Keep your tongue blade relaxed as you switch between alveolar and palatal sounds.
- Increase speed from 1.0x to 2.0x gradually as muscular coordination sets in.
Curated Phrases in This Tier
Showing 5 of 197"Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But 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 't was better Betty Botter bought some better butter."
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck how much a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood."
"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?"
"In 'ertford, 'ereford and 'ampshire, 'urricanes 'ardly Hever 'appen."
"In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen."
"No nose knows like a gnome's nose knows."
"An inchworm inches on ivy that itches."
"Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree."
"Ralph rakes leaves really, really lousily."
"You're behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons."
"Shannon shant ship ships through Shilshole."
"Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand."
"A pessimistic pest exists amidst us."
"Willy's wooden whistle wouldn't whistle when Willy went wild."
"Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural."
"She sells cshs by the C shore."
"Velvet Revolver Velvet Revolver Velvet Revolver."
"Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle."
"So, this is the sushi chef?"
"The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!"
"Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli .."
"Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmer."
"Wilson Winston winced whilst he minced a squinting prince."
"Who holds Joe's nose when he blows? Joe knows."
"Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's."
"A big black bear sat on a big black bug."
"Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat."
"A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot."
"She surely suits shiny sleek short skirts."
"Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards"
"She slits the sheet she sits on."
"Extinct insects' instincts, extant insects' instincts."
"An illusory vision is a visionary illusion. Is it?"
"What's a synonym for cinnamon or is cinnamon synonym-less?"
"I see he sees high seas she sees."
"I would if I could! But I can't, so I won't!"
"Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!"
"Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?"
"Quick queens quack quick quacks quicker than quacking quails."
"Sure, sir, the ship's sure shipshape, sir."
"Frozen Floyd flicks fat fleas for a fixed flat fee."
"I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen."
"Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward."
"The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes."
"Silly shoe-fly pie fans sell chilly shoe-fly pie pans."
"Plaid pleated pants, Plaid pleated pants, Plaid pleated pants."
"Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks."
"Furnish Freddie's nursery with forty-four furry Furby Beanie Babies."
"Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup."
"She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz."
"There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan."
"Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?"
"Drunk drugged ducks, Drunk drugged ducks, Drunk drugged ducks."
"Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively."
"You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!"
"Nothing is worth thousands of deaths."
"The little red lorry went down Limuru road."
"A slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara."
"Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke."
"Three tired tigers try to throw three trees."
"Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas."
"He wanted to desert his dessert in the desert!"
"The children eat the chicken in the kitchen."
"No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight."
"She snapped a selfie with Sophie's silver cell phone."
"The cat crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out."
"A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule."
"Really very weary, really very weary, really very weary."
"Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran."
"Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden?"
"Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall"
"Snap Crackel pop, Snap Crackel pop, Snap Crackel pop"
"Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish."
"Octopus ocular optics. and A cat snaps a rat's paxwax."
"Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese."
"Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood."
"Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop."
"I gratefully gazed at the gracefully grazing gazelles."
"Ken can ken that Ken's kin can ken Ken's kin's ken."
"I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you."
"Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents."
"Rather Ruth's writhings than Roth's wrath."
"A lump of red leather, a red leather lump"
"The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding."
"How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?"
"If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?"
"Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France."
"Who washed Washington's white woolen underwear when Washington's washer-woman went west?"
"Dear mother, give your other udder to my other brother."
"The chief of the Leith police dismisseth us."
"Three free fleas flew freely through the flu."
"Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities."
"Frank's fisher fishes on Friday for Frank's Friday fresh fried fish-fest."
"Carolina Herrera resides in the rural area with her running horses."
"Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds."
"This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly."
"You know New York. You need New York. You know you need unique New York."
"Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood"
"Mares eat oats and does eat oats, but little lambs eat ivy."
"Does this shop sport short socks with spots?"
"Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering."
"Purple paper people, purple paper people, purple paper people."
"Cheap Sheep Sheets, Cheap Sheep Sheets, Cheap Sheep Sheets."
"How many ducks could a duck duct-tape, if a duck could duct-tape ducks?"
"In shoulder surgery some surgeons sew soldiers' shoulders."
"Why do you cry, Willy? Why do you cry? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why?"
"She sat upon a balcony, inimicably mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him in."
"On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser."
"Will you, William? Will you, William? Will you, William? Can't you, don't you, won't you, William?"
"Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh."
"How many pounds in a groundhog's mound when a groundhog pounds hog mounds?"
"Lucid Lou slued loose the sluice that slew the slough."
"Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick."
"Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat."
"I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am."
"A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed gradually giving gophers gooey guts."
"A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!"
"A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!"
"Giddy kiddy goat, Giddy kiddy goat, Giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy, giddy, kiddy goat."
"Washington's wash woman washed Washington's wash while Washington's wife went west."
"The sixth sick Sikh's sixth sheep is sick."
"IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF;"
"How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?"
"One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue."
"I saw Esau sitting on a seesaw. I saw Esau; he saw me."
"If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole."
"I miss my Swiss miss. My Swiss miss misses me."
"When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write.."
"How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?"
"A turbot's not a burbot, for a turbot's a butt, but a burbot's not."
"2 Y's U R. 2 Y's U B. I C U R. 2 Y's 4 me!"
"But she as far surpasseth Sycorax, As great'st does least."
"Faith's face cloth, Faith's face cloth, Faith's face cloth."
"Six sticky skeletons, six sticky skeletons, six sticky skeletons."
"Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood."
"She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in."
"What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most."
"Mrs Hunt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat."
"Old Mr. Hunt had a cuddy punt Not a cuddy punt but a hunt punt cuddy."
"There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich."
"Washing the washing machine while watching the washing machine washing washing."
"How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?"
"The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver."
"Freddy is ready to roast red roaches. Ready for Freddy's roasted red roaches?"
"In pine tar is. In oak none is. In mud eels are. In clay none is."
"Thomas Tattamus took two T's to tie two tots to two tall trees."
"A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer."
"The two-toed tree toad tried to tread where the three-toed tree toad trod."
"Rural ruler"
"Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia."
"Tell Tom the ticket taker to take the ticket to the ticket wicket."
"Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks."
"As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue."
"How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot."
"If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?"
"If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?"
"One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too."
"Imagine, imagining imagining, an imaginary imaginary imaginary menagerie manager, imagining imagining imagining an imaginary imaginary imaginary managerie."
"The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!"
"The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives."
"How many tow trucks could a tow truck tow if a tow truck could tow tow trucks."
"If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect."
"If you're keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts, buy a cunning stunning stunt kite."
"Seven slick and sexy sealskin ski suits slid slowly down the slope."
"How much cash could a sasquatch stash if a sasquatch could stash cash?"
"Old lady Hunt had a cuzzy Funt not a cuzzy Funt but a Hunt Funt cuzzy."
"John, where Peter had had "had had", had had "had"; "had had" had had his master's approval."
"Supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio."
"There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch."
"How many boards Could the Mongols hoard If the Mongol hordes got bored?"
"Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick."
"A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood."
"How much squash could a sasquatch squish, if a sasquatch could squish squash?"
"I would if I could, and if I couldn't, how could I? You couldn't, unless you could, could you?"
"Come, come, Stay calm, stay calm, No need for alarm, It only hums, It doesn't harm."
"What a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister."
"M. R. Ducks M.R. not Ducks O. S. M. R. L. I'll B. M. R. Ducks!"
"Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday."
"Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again. Well swum swan!"
"Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month."
"Hulk Hawk is hulking the hawk, Hawk Hulk is hawking Hulk ... Hawk hugs the hedgehog"
"We will learn why her lowly lone, worn yarn loom will rarely earn immoral money."
"Of all the felt I ever felt I never felt felt that felt like that felt felt."
"If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing."
"How many snacks could a snack stacker stack, if a snack stacker snacked stacked snacks?"
"I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff."
"While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water."
"Farrell's features fabulous food 'n' fantastic fountain fantasies for frolicking, fun-filled festive families."
"Which witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished?"
"How many bears could Bear Grills grill if Bear grills could grill bears?"
"A maid named Lady Marmalade made mainly lard and lemonade. M'lady lamely never made a well-named, labelled marmalade."
"It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in!"
"Love's a feeling you feel when you feel you're going to feel the feeling you've never felt before."
"I feel a feel a funny feel a funny feel feel I, If I feel a funny feel a funny feel feel I."
"I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau."
"If blue bugs bleed blue blood, and black bugs bleed black blood, do blue-black bugs bleed blue-black blood?"
"A smart fella, a fella smart. It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart."