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Tongue twisters are very useful for every foreign language learners in all stages of improving language pronunciation skills and communication abilities. Sometimes even native speakers find the tongue-twisters difficult to say quickly and clearly several times. Thatâ??s why tongue twisters can be used as perfect pronunciation exercises when mastering pronunciation of separate sounds and phrases. They can be used to check up whether the pronunciation rule was assimilated by a foreign language learner or whether this or that sound is pronounced correctly. Besides, every tongue twister presents a good exercise for lips and tongue, and when learning them by heart you can enrich your vocabulary and memorize plenty of set expressions.

Here is the list of English tongue twisters, which can help to master pronunciation skills not only to those who study English as a foreign language, but also to native speakers:

1 She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

2 We surely shall see the sun shine soon.

3 Fresh fried fish,

Fish fresh fried,

Fried fish fresh,

Fish fried fresh.

4 A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.

5 A tutor who tooted a flute, tried to tutor two tooters to toot.

6 Which witch wished which wicked wish?

7 The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.

8 Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

9 Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again. Well swum, swan!

10 I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasnâ??t the thought I thought I thought.

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