1. Practise the following tongue-twisters:
[i:]He went to sea to see what he could see and all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
[æ]If you, Andy, have two candies, give one candy to Sandy, Andy.
[o:]Of all the saws I ever saw, I never saw a saw as this saw saws.
[i], [e] Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, where’s a peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?
[ə:]Observe the observed of all observers.
[εə]Fair-haired Sarah stares warily at the hairy bear, glaring from his lair.
[ei], [ai] The lake that I like is on the isle.
[η], [n]Oh, swing the king and swing the queen. Oh, swing them round and round the green.
[w], [v]Why is the worse verse worse than the first verse?
[d], [t], [r]Don’ttrouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
[∫], [s] She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
[t∫]If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
[w], [ð]Where there is a will there is a way.
[Ө] He thrust a thumb through two or three thick straw thatches.
[w], [Ө], [ð]Wealth is nothing without health.
2. Try to add more words (now, round, Brown, cow, ouch, clown, pounds, gown, sound, owl) into the dialogue to train the sound [au]:
A: I have found a mouse!
B: Found a mouse? Don’t shout so loud! Sit down.
A: I have found a brown mouse! A mouse running around in the lounge!
B: On the ground?
A: Under the couch!
B: Get it out!
A: How?
B: Somehow. Turn the couch upside-down. Wow! A mouse in the house! Ours is the foulest house in the town?!