Appendix 2A more tongue twisters

/æ/

1. That’s the man who sat on my hat in the tram.

2. Once there lived a lad who was always very sad.

For he hadn’t any mother and he hadn’t any dad.

3. Where are you going to, my little cat?

I’m going to town to buy a hat!

What? A hat for a cat? A cat in a hat?

Who ever saw a cat in a hat?

/ǝʊ/

4. Oh, no, don’t go home alone, nobody knows how lonely the road is.

5. Soames never boasts of what he knows and Rose never knows of what she boasts.

6. As you sow you shall mow.

7. Little strokes fell great oaks.

8. If many men knew what many men know.

If many men went where many men go.

If many men did what many men do.

The world would be better – I think so, don’t you?

/ɜː/

9. A little girl with a pretty curl.

10. Learn thirteen words of Lesson Thirty.

11. The first word is a verb and the third word is an adverb.

12. First come first served.

13. One good turn deserves another.

14. As the workman so is the work.

/ɔː/

15. George was born in August.

16. I saw more than forty horses.

17. Her naughty daughter Maud is at fault.

18. Of all saws I ever saw, I never saw a saw as that saw saws.

/ʤ/

19. Julious was jealous.

20. Jane, Jim and George Jones.

21. John, put the orange juice into the fridge.

22. A journalist made a journey over Japan.

/ʊ/

23. The cook took a good look at the cookery book.

24. It’s good he could go on foot.

25. A good beginning makes a good ending.

/w/

26. Everywhere we saw the white snow.

27. William was not very willing to wait.

28. Didn’t this waiter work in Washington last winter?

29. No sweet without some sweat.

30. Where there is a will there is a way.

/wɜː/

31. Her work grows worse and worse.

32. William always wears a very warm woolen vest in winter;

Victor, however, will never wear woolen underwear, even in the Wild West.

/ɒ/

33. “What an old clock,” said Tom.

34. Lots and lots of clocks watches have gone wrong.

35. Molly’s got a spot on her frock.

36. A watched pot never boils.

37. Honesty is the best policy.

/h/

38. Helen’s husband hates hot tea.

39. He held his hand in his.

40. The horn of the hunter was heard on the hill.

41. Healthy habits make healthy bodies.

42. He that has ears to hear let him hear.

43. My heart’s is in the Highlands. My heart is not here.

/θ, ð/

44. The third Thursday of this month is the sixteenth.

45. Thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three.

46. These are three brothers, these are their father and mother, this is their other brother.

47. Wealth is nothing without health.

48. First think then speak.

/θ - s/

49. Three things on this side and six things on that side.

/ð - f/

50. That fish has a fat fin, this fish is a fish that has a thinner fin than that fish.

/e/

51. Get ten eggs ready for breakfast.

52. Every day in every way. The weather is getting better and better.

53. East or West home is best.

54. All is well that ends well.

55. Better late than never.

56. Health is above wealth.

/iː/

57. Please believe me. Please leave me in peace.

58. Extremes meet.

59. Seeing is believing.

60. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

61. A sailor went to sea to see what he could see.

But all he could see was sea, sea, sea.

62. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be.

/ɑː/

63. Can’t you ask Father or Aunt Margaret?

64. He laughs best who laughs last.

65. Half heart is no heart.

66. The highest art is artlessness.

/r/

67. A foreign accent is a very great drawback.

68. The three will probably drive across the Brooklyn Bridge.

69. We gathered ripe red raspberries along the river road.

70. When at Rome do as the Romans do.

71. Neither rhyme nor reason.

72. Every cook praises his own broth.

/aʊ/

73. What have you found out about it?

74. Out of sight out of mind.

/aʊ - aɪ/

75. Snow came in the night without a sound,

Like a white cloud trembling down to the ground.

/ɪ/

76. Six little kittens lost their mittens. It’s a pity, they were so pretty.

77. Little Bill, sit still. Will you sit still, little Bill?

If you sit still, little Bill, Jimmy Nill will bring you to a big hill.

/ʧ/

78. Most French children like cheese.

79. Why did the teacher ask such a question?

80. Don’t touch those peaches in the kitchen.

/ŋ/

81. To know everything is to know nothing.

82. A good beginning makes a good ending.

83. Better die standing than live kneeling.

84. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

85. Spades for digging, pens for writing. Ears for hearing teeth for biting.

Eyes for seeing, legs for walking. Tongues for tasting and for talking.

Appendix 3 (Sounds for pupils)

	8 /f/ fish	17 /tʃ/ cherry	23 /j/ yes	32 /ɔː/ horse	40 /aʊ/ cow
1 /b/ bear	9 /z/ zebra	15 /h/ hat	25 /ʌ/ cup	33 /ɑː/ car	41 /ǝʊ/ nose
2 /p/ parrot	10 /s/ ski	18 /m/ monkeys	26 /e/ hen	34 /ɜː/ bird	42 /eǝ/ hare
3 /d/ dolphin	11 /ʒ/ television	19 /n/ note	27 /ʊ/ cook	35 /iː/ bee	43 /ʊǝ/ poor
4 /t/ tiger	12 /ʃ/ ship	24 /ŋ/ strong	28 /æ/ cat	36 /uː/ moon	44 /ɪǝ/ ear
5 /ɡ/ frog	13 /ð/ they	20 /r/ rose	29 /ɒ/ dog	37 /aɪ/ ice-cream	45 /aʊǝ/ flowers
6 /k/ cake	14 /θ/ birthday	21 /l/ lion	30 /ɪ/ pig	38 /eɪ/ train	46 /aɪǝ/ fire
7 /v/ volleyball	16 /dʒ/ giraffe	22 /w/ wolf	31 /ǝ/ elephant	39 /ɔɪ/ boy

Appendix 4