Common Tongue Twisters to Improve your English Pronunciation

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Hello and welcome back to pronunciation  with Emma, or welcome if you're brand new to my channel! In today's lesson we're  going to go through 20 of some of the most common English tongue twisters to help  you improve your English pronunciation. If you're interested in improving your  English pronunciation but you don't know where to start then why not download  my free English pronunciation pack?
The pack contains stories downloadable  PDF booklets audio files and some of my best English pronunciation lessons to help you  improve all areas of your English pronunciation. It's completely free and to download it, just  click the link in the description of this video. Okay let's get straight into the tongue twisters!
Tongue twister number one: She sells seashells by the seashore.  She sells seashells by the seashore. Number two: How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
How much wood would a  wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? Number three: Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.  Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
Number four: Betty Botter bought some butter but  she said the butter's bitter. Betty Botter bought some butter but  she said the butter's bitter. Number five: A big black bug bit a big black bear. 
A big black bug bit a big black bear. Number six, this one is very tricky! Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no  hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy was he? Faster!
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no  hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy was he?
Number seven, this one's very common! I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream.  I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream.
Number eight, this one's very short so you  have to say many times as quickly as you can! Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry. I'll say it faster!
Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow  lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry. That's as fast as I can do that one! If you can say that one faster  then let me know in the comments!
Number nine: You know New York, you need New York, you know  you need unique New York. You know New York, you need New York, you know  you need unique New York. Number 10, I think this one  for me is the hardest one!
Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?  Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? 
I can't I can't do that one any faster! Number 11: How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?  How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
Number 12: Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Now try  and say it faster!
Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it. Eddie edited it.
Eddie edited it.  I can't say that any faster than that! I'm so happy that my editor is not called Eddie cuz  I would find that really hard to say, haha!
Number 13: A proper copper coffee pot.  A proper copper coffee pot. Try and say it faster!
A proper copper  coffee pot. A proper copper coffee pot. Number 14: I'm going to show you a little trick to make this easier -pronounce that first part of  true like a CH sound: true, true.
So, think of it as like a CH like in cheese  or church: true, truly rural, truly rural. Now say as fast as you can! Truly rural, truly rural,  truly rural, truly rural.
Number 15: Three free throws. 'Three' - make sure you get  that 'th' with the tongue between the teeth: three free throws, three free  throws three free throws. Number 16: Rolling red wagons - mind that 'r'  sound, make sure you're not saying it like 'rrrolling rrred wagons' but 'rolling red  wagons'.
This is a really really good one for practicing that 'r' sound! Rolling red wagons. Number seven - this one is amazing  for comparing chicken and kitchen, which a lot of people confuse!
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.  I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen. Number 18, another really hard one for me!
She sees cheese, she sees  cheese. Try to say it faster! She sees cheese, she sees cheese, she sees cheese.
I can't do that one faster. Number 19 - be really careful with  this one cuz if you slip up you can end up saying a very bad word! See if  you can guess what that bad word is.
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit  and on the slitted sheet I sit. I'll read it again faster: I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit and on the slitted sheet I sit. I nearly slipped up then, nearly!
And number 20, our last tongue  twister for today, we have: Betty loves the velvet vest best. Betty loves the Velvet vest best. Betty  loves the Velvet vest best.
And that's everything for today, those are 20 of  some of the most common English tongue twisters to help you improve your English pronunciation!  Tell me in the comments which one you found the easiest and which one you found the most  most difficult. Remember to download your free English pronunciation pack, it is sitting  there waiting for you and as I always say it is FREE.
I always have at least one or two  people say how much is the pack - it is FREE, it is there and it is designed to help you  get started with English pronunciation! The link to download the pack is in the  description of this video. Thank you very much for watching and I will see you in  the next lesson, bye-bye!
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