LET’S IMPROVE OUR

PRONUNCIATION SKILLS
THE POEM

I TAKE IT YOU ALREADY KNOW

OF TOUGH AND ______AND COUGH AND DOUGH
OTHERS MAY STUMBLE, BUT NOT YOU
ON HICCOUGH, THOROUGH, ______, AND THROUGH.
AND ______AND WORK AND CARD AND WARD
AND FONT AND FRONT AND WORD AND SWORD
WELL DONE! AND NOW IF YOU WISH, PERHAPS
TO LEARN OF LESS FAMILIAR TRAPS.
BEWARE OF HEARD, A ______WORD
THAT LOOKS LIKE BEARD AND SOUNDS LIKE _____.
AND DEAD: IT’S SAID LIKE BED, NOT _______–
FOR GOODNESS SAKES DON’T CALL IT DEED.
WATCH OUT FOR MEAT AND GREAT AND THREAT,
THEY RHYME WITH SUITE AND STRAIGHT AND _______.
A MOTH IS NOT A MOTH IN MOTHER,
NOR BOTH IN BOTHER, ______ IN BROTHER.
AND HERE IS NOT A MATCH FOR THERE,
AND DEAR AND FEAR FOR BEAR AND _____.
AND THEN THERE’S DOSE AND ROSE AND LOSE–
JUST LOOK THEM UP–AND ______ AND CHOOSE,
AND DO AND GO, THEN THWART AND CART.
COME, COME, I’VE HARDLY MADE A START!
A ______ LANGUAGE? MAN ALIVE!
I’D MASTERED IT WHEN I WAS FIVE.
 LET’S IMPROVE OUR
PRONUNCIATION SKILLS
THE POEM

I TAKE IT YOU ALREADY KNOW

OF TOUGH AND BOUGH AND COUGH AND DOUGH
OTHERS MAY STUMBLE, BUT NOT YOU
ON HICCOUGH, THOROUGH, LAUGH, AND THROUGH.
AND CORK AND WORK AND CARD AND WARD
AND FONT AND FRONT AND WORD AND SWORD
WELL DONE! AND NOW IF YOU WISH, PERHAPS
TO LEARN OF LESS FAMILIAR TRAPS.
BEWARE OF HEARD, A DREADFUL WORD
THAT LOOKS LIKE BEARD AND SOUNDS LIKE BIRD.
AND DEAD: IT’S SAID LIKE BED, NOT BEAD–
FOR GOODNESS SAKES DON’T CALL IT DEED.
WATCH OUT FOR MEAT AND GREAT AND THREAT,
THEY RHYME WITH SUITE AND STRAIGHT AND DEBT.
A MOTH IS NOT A MOTH IN MOTHER,
NOR BOTH IN BOTHER, BROTH IN BROTHER.
AND HERE IS NOT A MATCH FOR THERE,
AND DEAR AND FEAR FOR BEAR AND PEAR.
AND THEN THERE’S DOSE AND ROSE AND LOSE–
JUST LOOK THEM UP–AND GOOSE AND CHOOSE,
AND DO AND GO, THEN THWART AND CART.
COME, COME, I’VE HARDLY MADE A START!
A DREADFUL LANGUAGE? MAN ALIVE!
I’D MASTERED IT WHEN I WAS FIVE.
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PRONUNCIATION SKILLS
TONGUE TWISTERS

PETER PIPER
PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS
A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS PETER PIPER PICKED
IF PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS
WHERE’S THE PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS THAT PETER PIPER PICKED?

FUZZY WUZZY
FUZZY WUZZY WAS A BEAR,
FUZZY WUZZY HAD NO HAIR,
FUZZY WUZZY WASN’T VERY FUZZY, WAS HE?

A PROPER CUP OF COFFEE

ALL I WANT IS A PROPER CUP OF COFFEE.
MADE IN A PROPER COPPER COFFEE POT.
YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
BUT I WANT A CUP OF COFFEE FROM A PROPER COPPER POT.
TIN COFFEE POTS OR IRON COFFEE POTS, THEY’RE NOT GOOD TO ME.
IF I CAN’T HAVE A PROPER CUP OF COFFEE FROM A PROPER COPPER COFFEE POT, I’LL JUST HAVE TEA.
ALL I WANT IS A PROPER CUP OF COFFEE.
MADE IN A PROPER COPPER COFFEE POT.
YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
BUT I WANT A CUP OF COFFEE FROM A PROPER COPPER POT.

WOODCHUCK
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?
HE WOULD CHUCK, HE WOULD, AS MUCH AS HE COULD, AND CHUCK AS MUCH WOOD
AS A WOODCHUCK WOULD IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD.
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CONSONANT SOUNDS
BOARD GAME