Apa itu tongue twister? – Tongue twister adalah cara yang cukup bagus untuk melatih fluency dan pronounciation. Bisa juga digunakan untuk melatih aksen tertentu karena ada banyak pengulangan suara. Tongue twister ini tidak hanya sekedar permainan anak-anak, tapi juga sering digunakan oleh para aktor, publik speaker, atau penyanyi untuk melatih suaranya agar bisa terdengar jelas ketika berbicara.
Jika diartikan, tounge twister akan menjadi pemutar atau pembelit lidah. Yah, karena memang kebanyakan orang akan terbelit-belit lidahnya ketika mencoba tongue twister. Nah, dibawah ini sudah ada beberapa tongue twister bahasa Inggris yang cukup populer. Cobalah Mengucapkannya dengan cepat. Jika kamu bisa, kamu akan menjadi lebih percaya diri dengan bahasa Inggris kamu.
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?
Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said 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 batter better
So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood
Bagaimana? sudah pegal belum lidahnya?
Berikut ini ada tounge twister yang cukup pendek dan bisa kamu hapalkan:
- A big black bear sat on a big black rug
- Black back bat
- Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
- Ed had edited it
- Eddie edited it
- Eleven benevolent elephants
- Flash message
- Four fine fresh fish for you
- Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread
- Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?
- Good blood, bad blood
- He threw three free throws
- How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
- I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
- I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop
- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
- I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you
- I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch
- If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
- Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better
- Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear
- Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely
- Pre-shrunk silk shirts
- Red Buick, blue Buick
- Red lorry, yellow lorry
- Rolling red wagons
- She sees cheese
- She sells seashells by the seashore
- Six sticky skeletons
- Snap crackle pop
- So, this is the sushi chef
- Stupid superstition
- Thin sticks, thick bricks
- Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks
- Truly rural
- Two tried and true tridents
- We surely shall see the sun shine soon
- Which witch is which?
- Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
- Willie’s really weary
Baca juga:
gonna, wanna, gotta, kinda, dunno: Bahasa Inggris Gaul
Perbedaan noun, adjective, verb, adverb
verb + s/es