Tongue Twisters! An English Lesson to Help You Pronounce Words with TH, SH, S, R, X, W, and EX

Hi, Bob the Canadian here.

Welcome to this English pronunciation lesson where I'm going

to teach you five completely new tongue twisters

that no one in the world has ever heard before,

because I wrote them myself.

I sat down and I thought there are sounds

that English learners have trouble saying.

There are words that English learners

have trouble pronouncing.

So I should write some tongue twisters

that they can practice throughout the week,

so that they can improve their English pronunciation.

So I wrote five tongue twisters,

each one focusing on a different sound.

The first tongue twister focuses on the letter R,

on the sound that the letter R makes.

And here is the tongue twister.

I read that really rare rats run around on the roof.

Now this sentence doesn't maybe make a lot of sense.

But I do know that sometimes if you have rats,

they might run around on your roof.

So I thought this was a good sentence

to help you practice the /r/ sound,

even though it's a little bit silly.

Let me say it one time slow and one time fast,

and then I'll pause so that you have time to say it.

I read that really rare rats run around on the roof.

And now one time fast.

I read that really rare rats run around on the roof.

I'm giving you a little moment there

so that you can practice.

Let me try not to talk for a few seconds.

It's really hard for me.

I read that really rare rats run around on the roof.

There we go.

The second sentence,

the second tongue twister that I wrote

will help you practice your /th/ sound.

This is a very challenging sound

for some English learners to make.

And the tongue twister that I wrote is this one.

There were three thrilling things

that they thought were worthwhile.

So imagine that you went to a store and you saw three things

that you thought were worth buying.

You might actually say this sentence.

You might say there were three thrilling things

that they thought were worthwhile.

I guess actually it would be you

and some other people at the store.

So let me say it once slow,

and then let me say at once fast,

and then I will pause and let you have a chance

to say it out loud.

Here's the slow version.

There were three thrilling things

that they thought were worthwhile.

And here's the fast version.

Hopefully I can do it.

There were three thrilling things

that they thought were worthwhile.

I don't know what to do while you're saying your sentence.

So I'm just doing a little dance.

Here is the third tongue twister that I created

to help you practice your English pronunciation.

So here we go.

It helps you practice the /s/ sound and the /sh/ sound.

And it goes like this.

She sees squirrels on Saturdays,

so she shares some snacks with them.

So let me say that again one time faster.

She sees squirrels on Saturdays,

so she shares some snacks with them.

Even I have trouble with this.

I should practice this this week as well.

So we're talking about a girl

that sees squirrels every once in a while.

A squirrel is a small free animal

that lives in some countries around the world.

Let me say it once slow,

and then let me say at once fast

so that you can have some time to practice.

She sees squirrels on Saturdays,

so she shares some snacks with them.

And here's the fast version.

I hope I can do it.

She sees squirrels on Saturday,

so she shares some snacks with them.

I had to slow down a little bit at the end.

But here, let me be quiet for a sec,

so you can say it out loud.

I'll repeat it one more time.

She sees squirrels on Saturdays.

so she shares some snacks with them.

Excellent.

I wish I could hear you.

It would be so fun if I could actually hear you saying

these phrases out loud.

But anyways, here's the next one.

The next one is designed to help you practice the /w/ sound,

the /w/ sound.

So here we go.

It's a little bit Canadian, by the way.

We want warm, woolen winter hats, where would we find them?

So you can imagine someone walking into a store

and they need a hat,

and so they would say to the person in the store.

Here's the slow version, and then the fast version,

and then I'll pause for you.

We want warm, woolen winter hats,

where would we find them?

And here's the fast version.

We want warm, woolen winter hats, where would we find them?

It's your turn, by the way.

I'll try to be quiet.

So I hope that one worked for you.

By the way, the phrase,

where would we find them is very common in English.

Where would we find them?

We also say,

what would we do with them?

Why would we wear them?

So that /w/ sound repeated like that

is very common in English.

So that was the fourth one.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Here is the last one.

The last one is designed to help you practice

the /x/ sound or the /ex/ sound in particular.

So here we go.

And it's a shout out to my American friends,

because it has the name of an American state in it.

Here we go.

The fifth tongue twister is,

six experts are excited for the exhibit about Texas.

So you can imagine that there's some experts going

to a place where they have exhibits.

And they're excited to see the exhibit about Texas.

Let me read it slow, then let me read it fast,

and then I will pause and give you a chance

to read it yourself as well.

Here we go, slow and then fast, and then the pause.

Six experts are excited for the exhibit about Texas.

Six experts are excited for the exhibit about Texas.

Your turn.

Okay, excellent job.

I'm just gonna pretend I heard you say it

and that you did a great job.

Let me read them all really quick

with a little pause between them.

And then we'll wrap this lesson up.

I read that really rare rats run around on the roof.

There were three thrilling things

that they thought were worthwhile.

She sees squirrels on Saturday,

so she shares some snacks with them.

We want warm, woolen winter hats,

where would we find them?

And the last one,

six experts are excited for the exhibit about Texas.

Excellent work.

What should you do with this video?

So here's what you should do.

You should practice these phrases every day this week.

Maybe write them down,

say them out loud as many times as you can.

Record yourself saying them and play it back.

Come back and watch the little snippet of this video,

so you can hear how I say it.

Do that a few times if you need to.

But certainly practice all of these this week,

as much as you can.

Do you wanna know my favorite?

Sure, my favorite one was,

we want warm woolen, winter hats, where would we find them?

Anyways, it's Bob the Canadian here.

Thank you so much for watching

this little English practice lesson,

where you could practice your pronunciation.

I hope you're having a great day.

I'll see you next week with another short English lesson.