Easyth
This thing, that thing, these things, those things.
Tongue twisters
52 tongue twisters, easy to hard, sorted by the sound they train. Listen slowly, listen at normal speed, then race the stopwatch: say it three times fast.
easy: 16 · medium: 20 · hard: 16
A tongue twister is a pronunciation drill that feels like a game: it packs one tricky sound into a few words, so the mouth makes the same move again and again. When it falls apart, everyone laughs — and tries again.
Go slowly first. Say it word by word until every sound is right, then at normal speed, and only then three times fast. Speed without accuracy just practises the mistake.
Each sound below has its own page: why it trips Russian- or Spanish-speaking children, and how to place the lips and tongue.
🎯 Pick a sound
th6 twistersThink, not sink or tink: the tongue peeks out between the teeth. everyone's trapw · v6 twistersWet, not vet: w is all lips, v puts the teeth on the lip. the Russian traph6 twistersHello, not ello or a rough kh: English h is only breath. everyone's trapr · l6 twistersThe English r never touches; the l always does. everyone's traps · sh6 twistersShe sells seashells: a smile for s, a trumpet for sh. the Spanish trapch · j6 twistersJam, not ham: j is a ch with the voice switched on. the Spanish trapb · v7 twistersVery, not berry: lips pop for b, teeth buzz for v. the Spanish traps-blends6 twistersSnake, not esnake: no e sneaks in before st, sp, sn. the Spanish trap
All the twisters
Dotted words open the picture dictionary. One card per twister, no buttons — cut them apart for a twister jar.
The th sound
Why it's hard + mouth tip →W and v
Why it's hard + mouth tip →Easyw · v· traditional
Which witch is which?
Easyw · v
Mediumw · v
Wendy waves when Victor visits.
Mediumw · v
Wanda the walrus wears a woolly vest.
Hardw · v· traditional
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Hardw · v· traditional
We'll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not.
The h sound
Why it's hard + mouth tip →R and l
Why it's hard + mouth tip →S and sh
Why it's hard + mouth tip →Ch and j
Why it's hard + mouth tip →B and v
Why it's hard + mouth tip →Easyb · v
Vera's van, Bella's bus.
Easyb · v
Ben's best vest is very blue.
Mediumb · v· traditional
A big black bug bit a big black bear.
Mediumb · v
Vivid violets in a velvet vase.
Mediumb · v
Vicky's violin and Bobby's banjo sound very good.
Hardb · v· traditional
Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter's bitter.
Hardb · v· traditional
Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
S + consonant
Why it's hard + mouth tip →Easys-blends
Smart snails smile in the snow.
Easys-blends· traditional
Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim!
Mediums-blends
Stella's star sparkles in space.
Mediums-blends· traditional
Hards-blends· traditional
Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
Hards-blends· traditional
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
Bonus: the puffy p
Hear the p in the pronunciation lab →English p comes with a puff of air that Russian and Spanish p do not have — hold a hand in front of the mouth and feel it.