Funny Tongue Twisters

Funny Tongue Twisters These funny tongue twisters are difficult to say and may be a little dirty if you say them wrong. I slit the sheet - the sheet I slit - and on the slitted sheet I sit. Try to keep repeating the phrase "Red lorry, yellow lorry" She sells sea shells on the sea shore Si! slippery snails, slid slowly seaward. I"m not a pheasant plucker, I"m a pheasant pluckers son. #nd I"m only plucking pleasants "till the pheasant plucker comes. Silly Simon"s sitting in a shoe shine shop. $here he sits he shines, and where he shines he sits.

Popular Tongue Twisters
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I' sure she sells seashore shells. !ed lorry, yellow lorry. Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? "ow uch wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck could chuck wood? "e would chuck, he would, as uch as he could,

#nd chuck as uch as a woodchuck would If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

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Father Francis From France Fried Fi.e Fresh Fish For Fi.e Friends From France. % &y ' Faith +r garigation says that english matriculation e!amination is botheration to all sinhala nations" whose main occupation is paddy culti.ation % &y ' #6ith selly sold sea shels on the sea floor to buy some sea shels on the other side of the sea floor. % &y ' 5ad+. bitty bought some bitter butter, then she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better % &y ' Shahid ,ow much wood, would a woodchuck chuck if would the woodchuck chuk wood % &y ' 0rasada +an makes mind to make others meagre. % &y ' +d #bu Taher +olla She Sells Sea Shells on the Sea Shore % &y ' 0rashant Sharma &etty &otter bought a bit of butter. &ut the butter was bitter. So &etty &otter bought a bit of butter to make the bitter butter better butter % &y ' #n6uman $alter $addle won a walking wager. *id $alter $addle win a walking wager1 If $alter $addle won a walking wager, $here"s the walking wager $alter $addle won1 % &y ' 3rin :ood blood bad &lood good blood bad blood good blood bad blood. % &y ' +yilarasi &3TT7 &;2:,T # &IT ;3 &2TT3R &2T &IT ;F &2TT3R $#S &#*,&3TT7 #:#I) &;2:,T # &IT ;F &2TT3R &2T T,IS TI+3 &IT ;F &2TT3R $#S &3TT3R % &y ' San6ay $adhwa I F338 # F338 # F2))7 F338. # F2))7 F338 I F338. IF 2 F338 T,3 F338 I F338. I"88 F338 T,3 F338 2 F338. % &y ' *eepu If u )otice This )otice 7ou will )otice that This )otice is not worth )oticing..., % &y ' Sira6raf I $IS, T; $IS, T,3 $IS, 7;2 $IS, T; $IS,,&2T IF 7;2 $IS, T,3 $IS, T,3 $IT9, $IS,3S,I $;)"T $IS, T,3 $IS, 7;2 $IS, T; $IS, % &y ' San6ee. 4umar 2003R R;883R - 8;$3R R;883R % &y ' #lok Sharma -

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Say they"d rather sleep in thistles Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Su?ie sews. @ There once was a man who had a sister, his name was +r. Fister. +r. Fister"s sister sold sea shells by the sea shore. +r. Fister didn"t sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. +r. Fister told his sister that he sold si! silk sheets to si! shieks. The sister of +r. Fister said I sold si! shells to si! shieks too @ She sells sea shells on the sea shoreA The shells that she sells are sea shells I"m sure. So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore, I"m sure that the shells are sea shore shells. @ Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. &ut if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells1 She stood by &urgess"s fish sauce shop welcoming him in. There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too. @ &etty bought some butter, but the butter &etty bought was bitter, so &etty bought some better butter, and the better butter &etty bought was better than the bitter butter &etty bought before @ 3d )ott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than )ott. Some say )ott was not shot. &ut Shott says he shot )ott. 3ither the shot Shott shot at )ott was not shot, or )ott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot )ott, )ott was shot. &ut if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not )ott. ,owe.er, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but )ott. So, 3d )ott was shot and that"s hot Is it not1 @ Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sie.e-full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. )ow, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sie.e-full of unsifted thistles, thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb. @ 3sau $ood sawed wood. #ll the wood 3sau $ood saw, 3sau $ood would saw. #ll the wood $ood saw, 3sau sought to saw. ;ne day 3sau $ood"s wood-saw would saw no wood. So 3sau $ood sought a new wood-saw. The new wood-saw would saw wood. ;h, the wood 3sau $ood would saw. 3sau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw. #nd 3sau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. #nd 3sau $ood sawed wood.

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&obby brings bright bells. 9hilly chipper children cheerfully chant. 9omet cuddles cute 9hristmas kittens carefully. 3le.en el.es eat eight egged eels 3le.en el.es licked ele.en little licorice lollipops. 0enny"s pretty pink piggy bank Running reindeer romp "round red wreaths. Santa stuffs Stephie"s striped stocking. Santa"s sack sags slightly. Santa sent Sally some slinky snakes Santa"s sleigh slides on slick snow. Se.en Santas sang silly songs. Silly Santa stole Sue"s soup. Ten tiny tin trains toot ten times. Tiny Timmy trims the tall tree with tinsel. Two trains tra.el together to Toyland. Tyler took ten tiny toys

"alloween Tongue Twisters • 9reepy crawler critters • *racula digs dreary, dark dungeons.
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Frankly, frankfurthers fried in fish fat taste fresh and fine to Frankenstein. :hostly ghouls gather gleefully to golf on ghostly golf courses. :irl gargoyle, guy gargoyle :obbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins ,orribly hoarse hoot owls hoot howls of horror in halloween haunted houses.

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I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won"t wish the wish you wish to wish. If big black bats could blow bubbles, how big of bubbles would big black bats blow1 If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch1 +r. +ummy mustn"t mess up +rs. +ummy"s makeup. )at the bat swat at +att the gnat )o nose knows like a gnome"s nose knows 0rofessional 0umpkin 0ickers are prone to pick the plumpest pumpkins. Transyl.anian Tree Trimmers are trained to trim the tallest Transyl.anian trees. $hich $itch, $anda wondered, would wish to wear a wrist watch1

@ Ten /ittle Witches ;ne little two little three little witches, four little fi.e little si! little witches, se.en little eight little nine little witches ten little wicked witches 0aster Tongue Twisters • &usy bunnies bring blue baskets. • 3ach 3aster, 3ddie eats eighty eggs.
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Run, Red Rabbit, run Si! peeping chicks cheeping cheerily. 5ogging 6ellybeans 6oke and giggle, 6ogging 6ellybeans 6ump and 6iggle.

Thanksgi1ing Tongue Twisters • :reedy gobblers grabbed the gra.y • 0eter 0ilgrim picked pretty plump pumpkins
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Ten tricky two-toed turkeys trotted on the table

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

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Betty Botter had some butter But, she said, this butter's bitter If I bake this bitter butter It would make my batter bitter.

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If u understand, say "understand". If u don't understand, say "don't understand". But if u understand and say "don't understand". ow do I understand that u understand? !nderstand"

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If #tu chews shoes, should #tu cho$e the shoes he chews?

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i feel d feel u feel do u feel d feel d feel i feel if u feel d feel d feel i feel i too feel d feel u feel but dont feel.....

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#he sells sea shells on Da sea shor But Da sea shells Dat she sells %n Da sea shor r not Da real & s

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#ol>e this riddle "6he ?ishermen lo>e me. But doctors hate me. 7ids want ' eat me. I am a &2 letter word, 5ho am I?

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5hat ' days of the week start wit the '6'? .nswer@ 6oday and 6omorrow"

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%ne smart fellow, he felt smart. 6wo smart fellows, they felt smart. 2 smart fellows and they all felt smart.

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-ed lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.

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:uAh sy .pna Pyar 7abi 5apas :at 8ayna :uAh sy ye iBrar 7abi 5apas :at 8ayna 7ehte -ehna ar Pal :ain 6umhra on :uAh #y yh i$har 7abhi 5apas :at 8aina...

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. twister of twists once twisted a twistC . twist that he twisted ws a 2 twisted twistC If in twistin= a twist & twist should untwist, 6he untwisted twist would untwist tha twist.

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<hahat hy kisi chahat ko pane ke chahat hy chahat ko aa$mane ke. wo chahy humy chahy na chahy pr chahat hay un ke chahat me mit Aane ke.

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. skunk sat on a stump ; thunk the stump stunk, Bt the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

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2 0eter 0iper picked a peck of pickled peppers. # peck of pickled peppers 0eter 0iper picked. If 0eter 0iper picked a peck of pickled peppers, $here"s the peck of pickled peppers 0eter 0iper picked1 3 I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. $here she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits. 4 ,ow many boards 9ould the +ongols hoard

If the +ongol hordes got bored1 from the comic Calvin & Hobbes, by &ill $aterson 5 ,ow can a clam cram in a clean cream can1 6 Send toast to ten tense stout saints" ten tall tents. by Raymond $eisling 7 *enise sees the fleece, *enise sees the fleas. #t least *enise could snee?e and feed and free?e the fleas. 8 9oy knows pseudonoise codes. by 0ierre #bbat 9 Sheena leads, Sheila needs. : The thirty-three thie.es thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday. 2; Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-* thoughts of +atthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty

year old thug thought of that morning. by +eaghan *esbiens 22 9an you can a can as a canner can can a can1 23 Seth at Sainsbury"s sells thick socks. 24 7ou cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus from a Far Side cartoon by :ary 8arson 25 Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins. 26 9lean clams crammed in clean cans. 27 Si! sick hicks nick si! slick bricks with picks and sticks. 28 I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won"t wish the wish you wish to wish. 29 Stupid superstition 2:

There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in. )ow they"re fishing the fissure for Fisher. 3; $orld $ide $eb 32 To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock In a pestilential prison with a life long lock #waiting the sensation of a short sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block. by $.S. :ilbert of :ilbert and Sulli.an from The Mikado 33 0icky people pick 0eter 0an 0eanut-&utter, "tis the peanut-butter picky people pick. from a commercial 34 If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews1 35 8uke"s duck likes lakes. 8uke 8uck licks lakes. 8uke"s duck licks lakes. *uck takes licks in lakes 8uke 8uck likes. 8uke 8uck takes licks in lakes duck likes. from *r. Seuss" Fox in Socks 36 Se.enty se.en bene.olent elephants harder than it seems

37 There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thie.es go through. 38 Santa"s Short Suit Shrunk name of a children"s book 39 I was born on a pirate ship ,old your tounge while saying it. 3: I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream 4; $ayne went to $ales to watch walruses. 42 In "ertford, "ereford and "ampshire, "urricanes "ardly ,e.er "appen. from the film "+y Fair 8ady" 43 ;ne-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. ;ne-one won one race. Two-two won one too. 44 3le.en bene.olent elephants 45

9elibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ... 46 $illy"s real rear wheel *a.id &owser in ,arrisburg, 0# 47 If 0ickford"s packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that 0ickford"s packers packed sur.i.e for two and a half years1 from )aomi Fletcher"s real life 48 Si! sleek swans swam swiftly southwards 49 :obbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins. 4: *id *ick 0ickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of 0inch or framing his famed French finch photos1 5; 0irates 0ri.ate 0roperty 52 $hat a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister, what a terrible tongue twister... 53

$hen you write copy you ha.e the right to copyright the copy you write. ... continued here 54 # big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose by 4itty +orrow 55 3li?abeth"s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month. 56 #nn and #ndy"s anni.ersary is in #pril. 57 Flash message 58 Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins. 59 ,assock hassock, black spotted hassock. &lack spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock. 5: ,ow many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies1 # good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies. 6; ,ow much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground1 # groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground. 62

,ow much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot. 63 ,ow much wood could 9huck $oods" woodchuck chuck, if 9huck $oods" woodchuck could and would chuck wood1 If 9huck $oods" woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would 9huck $oods" woodchuck chuck1 9huck $oods" woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood. 64 +ary +ac"s mother"s making +ary +ac marry me. +y mother"s making me marry +ary +ac. $ill I always be so +erry when +ary"s taking care of me1 $ill I always be so merry when I marry +ary +ac1 from a song by 9arbon 8eaf 65 +r. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter "T". 66 0ete"s pa pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen. 67 She saw Sherif"s shoes on the sofa. &ut was she so sure she saw Sherif"s shoes on the sofa1 68 Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. $hile these fleas flew, free?y bree?e blew. Free?y bree?e made these three trees free?e. Free?y trees made these trees" cheese free?e. That"s what made these three free fleas snee?e. from Fo! in So! by *r. Seuss

69 Two tried and true tridents 6: rudder .al.e re.ersals the cause of some plane crashes 7; &irdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye. If cows could fly I"d ha.e a cow pie in my eye. 72 ,ow many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans1 #s many cans as a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans. 73 # twister of twists once twisted a twistA # twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twistA If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist, The untwisted twist would untwist the twist. 74 Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped +r. Thurber on Thursday. 75 Four furious friends fought for the phone. 76 0lymouth sleuths thwart 8uther"s slithering. 77

&obby &ippy bought a bat. &obby &ippy bought a ball. $ith his bat &ob banged the ball &anged it bump against the wall &ut so boldly &obby banged it That he burst his rubber ball "&oo " cried &obby &ad luck ball &ad luck &obby, bad luck ball )ow to drown his many troubles &obby &ippy"s blowing bubbles. from mid-$illamette (alley theater 78 &lack background, brown background. 79 $hy do you cry, $illy1 $hy do you cry1 $hy, $illy1 $hy, $illy1 $hy, $illy1 $hy1 7: (ery well, .ery well, .ery well ... 8; Tie twine to three tree twigs. 82 Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery. 83 +ares eat oats and does eat oats, and little lambs eat i.y.

# 4id will eat i.y too, wouldn"t you1 84 Three short sword sheaths. 85 9aution' $ide Right Turns seen on semi-tractor trailers 86 Rolling red wagons 87 :reen glass globes glow greenly. 88 Robert $ayne Rutter personal name 89 I stood sadly on the sil.er steps of &urgess"s fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within. 8: $hen I was in #rkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I e.er saw, saw. If you".e got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I"d like to see your saw saw. 9; black back bat 92

The /ueen in green screamed. 93 ,ow many berries could a bare berry carry, if a bare berry could carry berries1 $ell they can"t carry berries %which could make you .ery warybut a bare berry carried is more scary 94 $hat did you ha.e for breakfast1 - rubber balls and li/uor $hat did you ha.e for lunch1 - rubber balls and li/uor $hat did you ha.e for dinner1 - rubber balls and li/uor - rubber balls and li/uor 95 Snap 9rackel pop, Snap 9rackel pop, Snap 9rackel pop 96 Si! slimy snails sailed silently. 97 I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you. 98 Se.en slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward. 99 Red &uick, blue &uick

9: Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much. by +att *uchnowski :; ,e threw three balls. :2 The great :reek grape growers grow great :reek grapes. :3 Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand. :4 $e"re real rear wheels. :5 Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch. :6 I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch. :7 )ear an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear. :8 ;n a la?y laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser. :9 Scissors si??le, thistles si??le.

:: Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks. 2;; ,ow much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel if a canny canonball can cram caramel in a camel1 2;2 ,e threw three free throws. 2;3 Fresh French fried fly fritters 2;4 :ig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ... 2;5 I was born on a pirate ship. Say it while holding your tongue. 2;6 B 7"s 2 R. B 7"s 2 &. I 9 2 R. B 7"s C me 2;7 8ittle +ike left his bike like Tike at Spike"s. 2;8 3ddie edited it.

2;9 7ellow butter, purple 6elly, red 6am, black bread. Spread it thick, say it /uick 7ellow butter, purple 6elly, red 6am, black bread. Spread it thicker, say it /uicker 7ellow butter, purple 6elly, red 6am, black bread. *on"t eat with your mouth full 2;: $ow, race winners really want red wine right away 22; The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arri.es. 222 I"ll chew and chew until my 6aws drop. 223 Triple *ickle a strong drink 224 ,ow many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets1 225 Supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio, supposed to be pistachio. by *iane 3step 226

9hester 9heetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese. from a high school singing class 227 Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall 228 #rgyle :argoyle 229 0eggy &abcock personal name 22: If you"re keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts, buy a cunning stunning stunt kite. 23; Two tiny tigers take two ta!is to town. 232 Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds. by 0ierre #bbat 233 $illie"s really weary. 234 7ally &ally had a 6olly golliwog. Feeling folly, 7ally &ally &ought his 6olly golli" a dollie made of holly The golli", feeling 6olly, named the holly dollie, 0olly. So 7ally &ally"s

6olly golli"s holly dollie 0olly"s also 6olly by +istah Twistah, Tony (aluch 235 ;ut in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. $hile the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. $hether the temperature"s up or whether the temperature"s down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature"s rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher 6ust watches the catcher who"s watching the pitcher who"s watching the balls. by Sharon 5ohnson 236 Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy"s Turtles tie. 237 5ohn, where 0eter had had "had had", had had "had"A "had had" had had his master"s appro.al. 238 3!cited e!ecutioner e!ercising his e!cising powers e!cessi.ely. 239 0ail of ale aiding ailing #l"s tra.ails. from India 23: *ouble bubble gum, bubbles double. 24; If you can"t can any candy can,

how many candy cans can a candy canner can if he can can candy cans 1 242 ;ctopus ocular optics. and # cat snaps a rat"s pa!wa!. by 0ierre #bbat 243 This is the si!th ?ebra snoo?ing thoroughly. 244 Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli .... 245 I saw 3sau kissing 4ate. I saw 3sau, he saw me, and she saw I saw 3sau. 246 # slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara. 247 Su?ie Seaword"s fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to sift. 248 I eat eel while you peel eel 249 )othing is worth thousands of deaths. 24:

9asual clothes are pro.isional for leisurely trips across #sia. 25; 3ast Fife Four, Forfar Fi.e an actual football result from the Scottish third di.ision 252 Roy $ayne Roy Rogers Roy Rash personal names 253 DD was a racehorse, BB was DB, DDDD race, BBDDB. $unwun was a racehorse, Tutu was one too. $unwun won one race, Tutu won one too. 254 It"s not the cough that carries you off, it"s the coffin they carry you off in 255 She said she should sit. 256 +o mi mo me send me a toe, +e me mo mi get me a mole, +o mi mo me send me a toe, Fe me mo mi get me a mole, +ister kister feet so sweet, +ister kister where will I eat 1

257 $ill you, $illiam1 $ill you, $illiam1 $ill you, $illiam1 9an"t you, don"t you, won"t you, $illiam1 258 I wish you were a fish in my dish 259 She stood on the balcony, ine!plicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in. an actor"s .ocal warmup for lips and tongue 25: The big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back 26; *ust is a disk"s worst enemy. 262 I see a sea down by the seashore. &ut which sea do you see down by the seashore1 263 ;ld +r. ,unt had a cuddy punt )ot a cuddy punt but a hunt punt cuddy. 264 #s one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue. 265

+ommy made me eat my +E+s. 266 I"m not the fig plucker, )or the fig plucker"s son, but I"ll pluck your figs till the fig plucker comes. 267 # ga?illion gigantic grapes gushed gradually gi.ing gophers gooey guts. 268 #luminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum 269 Thin grippy thick slippery. 26: There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad, and a three toed, he toad, tree toad.... 27; The si!th sick sheik"s si!th sheep"s sick 272 The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn. 273 If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing. 274

If you understand, say "understand". If you don"t understand, say "don"t understand". &ut if you understand and say "don"t understand". how do I understand that you understand. 2nderstand 1 275 She sees cheese. 276 &rent Spence &ridge 9lay $ade &ailey &ridge places in ;hio 277 9hukotko-4amchatkan pertaining to the Siberian people li.ing in 4amchatka 278 There those thousand thinkers were thinking where did those other three thie.es go through. 279 Fi.e frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes. 27: ;ne smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. Four smart fellows, they felt smart. Fi.e smart fellows, they felt smart. Si! smart fellows, they felt smart.

28; Se.en slea?y shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors. 282 I would if I could &ut I can"t, so I won"t 283 &ut a harder thing still to do. $hat a to do to die today #t a /uarter or two to two. # terrible difficult thing to say &ut a harder thing still to do. The dragon will come at the beat of the drum $ith a rat-a-tat-tat a-tat-tat a-tat-to #t a /uarter or two to two today, #t a /uarter or two to two. from a college drama class 284 8o.e"s a feeling you feel when you feel you"re going to feel the feeling you".e ne.er felt before. 285 Silly sheep weep and sleep. 286 Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ... 287 # turbot"s not a burbot, for a turbot"s a butt, but a burbot"s not. 288 I know a boy named Tate

who dined with his girl at eight eight. I"m unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight or what Tate"s tFte G tFte ate at eight eight. 289 I saw a saw in #rkansas, that would outsaw any saw I e.er saw, and if you got a saw that will outsaw the saw I saw in #rkansas let me see your saw. 28: The seething sea ceasethA thus the seething sea sufficeth us. 29; Real weird rear wheels by +ichael *workin and &ill ,ar.ey 292 I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit. 293 # pessimistic pest e!ists amidst us. 294 4nife and a fork bottle and a cork that is the way you spell )ew 7ork. 9hicken in the car and the car can go, that is the way you spell 9hicago. 295 Fi.e fu??y French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.

296 Two to two to Toulouse1 297 Swatch watch 298 *r. 5ohnson and +r. 5ohnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian ;cean is back in education because the chief occupation is culti.ation. 299 Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran. 29: &uckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood 2:; I"m a sock cutter and I cut socks. I"m a sock cutter and I cut socks. I"m a sock cutter and I cut socks. 2:2 If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep their coloured coat coloured properly1 2:3 $e won, we won, we won, we won, ... 2:4 Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday. by 5ulia *icum

2:5 ,ow much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground1 2:6 ,ow may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws1 by 5illian :oet? 2:7 #s he gobbled the cakes on his plate, the greedy ape said as he ate, the greener green grapes are, the keener keen apes are to gobble green grape cakes, they"re great from *r. Seuss"s O Say Can You Say? 2:8 ,ow much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle1 # wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle. 2:9 Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop. 2:: Rattle your bottles in Rollocks" .an. 3;; # fly and flea flew into a flue, said the fly to the flea "what shall we do1" "let us fly" said the flea said the fly "shall we flee" so they flew through a flaw in the flue.

3;2 ,ow much dew does a dewdrop drop If dewdrops do drop dew1 They do drop, they do #s do dewdrops drop If dewdrops do drop dew. 3;3 If 4antie can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can"t I tie a tie and untie a tie like 4antie can. 3;4 &ake big batches of bitter brown bread. 3;5 &ut she as far surpasseth Sycora!, #s great"st does least. 9aliban describing +iranda"s beauty in "The Tempest", by $illiam Shakespeare 3;6 &ake big batches of brown blueberry bread. 3;7 She sits in her slip and sips Schlit?. 3;8 $hich wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch1 3;9 $hoe.er slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter. 3;: +ummies make money.

32; 9rush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes. 322 #n elephant was asphy!iated in the asphalt. 323 # black bloke"s back brake-block broke. 324 This is a ?ither. 325 Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh. 326 There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan. 327 Really leery, rarely 8arry. 328 &ig black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood. 329 3li?abeth has ele.en el.es in her elm tree. 32:

,er whole right hand really hurts. difficult in &ra?il 33; 9ome, come, Stay calm, stay calm, )o need for alarm, It only hums, It doesn"t harm. 332 Tie a knot, tie a knot. Tie a tight, tight knot. Tie a knot in the shape of a nought. 333 Red blood, green blood 334 I"m a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I"m the sleekest sheet slitter that e.er slit sheets. 335 Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran. 336 &usy bu??ing bumble bees. 337 # lump of red leather, a red leather lump

338 )at the bat swat at +att the gnat. 339 I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff. I shot the city sheriff. 33: # lady sees a pot-mender at work at his barrow in the street. "#re you copper-bottoming them, my man1" ")o, I"m aluminiuming "em, +um 34; I am not a pheasant plucker, I"m a pheasant plucker"s son but I"ll be plucking pheasants $hen the pheasant plucker"s gone. 342 Su?ie, Su?ie, working in a shoeshine shop. #ll day long she sits and shines, all day long she shines and sits, and sits and shines, and shines and sits, and sits and shines, and shines and sits. Su?ie, Su?ie, working in a shoeshine shop. Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor"s shop. #ll day long he fits and tucks, all day long he tucks and fits, and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits, and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits. Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor"s shop. sung by Ian +ackintosh 343

0reshrunk silk shirts. 344 9raig =uinn"s /uick trip to 9rabtree 9reek. 345 Si! shining cities, si! shining cities, si! shining cities. 346 $hile we were walking, we were watching window washers wash $ashington"s windows with warm washing water. 347 # big black bear sat on a big black bug. 348 # bloke"s bike back brake block broke. 349 Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw se.en segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday. 34: &etty &otter bought some butter but she said the butter"s bitter. If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter. So, she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter and she put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter. So "twas good that &etty &otter bought some better butter. 35; ,ow much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil1 352 :ood blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.

353 )o nose knows like a gnome"s nose knows. by the ,ofman family 354 Freshly fried fresh flesh 355 There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too. 356 There once was a man who had a sister, his name was +r. Fister. +r. Fister"s sister sold sea shells by the sea shore. +r. Fister didn"t sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. +r. Fister told his sister that he sold si! silk sheets to si! shieks. The sister of +r. Fister said I sold si! shells to si! shieks too 357 Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. &ut if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells1 358 She stood by &urgess"s fish sauce shop welcoming him in. 359 Swan swam o.er the sea. Swim, swan, swim Swan swam back again. $ell swum swan 35: Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.

36; She sells sea shells on the sea shoreA The shells that she sells are sea shells I"m sure. So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore, I"m sure that the shells are sea shore shells. 362 Tie twine to three tree twigs. 363 7ou know )ew 7ork. 7ou need )ew 7ork. 7ou know you need uni/ue )ew 7ork. 364 $hat noise annoys an oyster most1 # noisy noise annoys an oyster most. 365 Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right. 366 &lake"s black bike"s back brake bracket block broke. 367 3ach 3aster 3ddie eats eighty 3aster eggs. 368 She slits the sheet she sits on. 369 # rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of ScarboroughA after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

36: # twister of twists once twisted a twist. and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist. now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist, would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists. 37; Red lolly, yellow lolly. 372 I am a mother pheasant plucker, I pluck mother pheasants. I am the best mother pheasant plucker, that e.er plucked a mother pheasant 373 +rs ,unt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat. 374 4napsack strap. 375 5ohn, where +olly had had "had", had had "had had". ",ad had " had had the teachers appro.al 376 +iss Smith"s fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish. 377 :reat gray goats 378 $hether the weather be fine

or whether the weather be not. $hether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot. $e"ll weather the weather whether we like it or not. 379 Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ... 37: The batter with the butter is the batter that is better 38; There"s a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch. 382 ,ow many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks1 383 Twel.e twins twirled twel.e twigs. 384 If you stick a stock of li/uor in your locker it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock or some 6oker who is slicker is going to trick you of your li/uor if you fail to lock your li/uor with a lock. 385 9lowns grow glowing crowns. 386 9an you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie1

387 Sister Su?ie sewing shirts for soldiers Such skill as sewing shirts ;ur shy young sister Su?ie shows Some soldiers send epistles Say they"d rather sleep in thistles Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Su?ie sews. 388 Red leather, yellow leather, ... 389
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programming language 08HI by &ruce $alker 38: Announcement at Victo ia Station! "ondon# Two to two to Tooting too 39; Richard"s wretched ratchet wrench. 392 Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers. 393 &etty &otter bought some butter but, said she, the butter"s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. &ut a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better. So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better. So "twas better &etty &otter bought some better butter. 394

# bo! of biscuits, a bo! of mi!ed biscuits, and a biscuit mi!er. 395 $hen a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor1 396 $hat to do to die today at a minute or two to two. # terribly difficult thing to say and a harder thing to do. # dragon will come and beat his drum Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too at a minute or two to two today. #t a minute or two to two. $ho is the author1 397 If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch1 398 The soldier"s shoulder surely hurts 399 She sees seas slapping shores. 39: # loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. by Ray $eisling 3:; :reek grapes. 3:2

+r. See owned a saw and +r Soar owned a seesaw. )ow See"s saw sawed Soar"s seesaw before Soar saw See. 3:3 Si! sick sea-serpents swam the se.en seas. 3:4 There was a little witch which switched from 9hichester to Ipswich. 3:5 # proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot. 3:6 )e.er trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you 3:7 Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sie.e-full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. )ow, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sie.e-full of unsifted thistles, thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb. 3:8 Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ... 3:9 # smart fella, a fella smart. It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart. 3:: She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sie.e of unsifted thistles and a sie.e of sifted thistles and the sie.e of unsifted thistles she sifts into the sie.e of sifted thistles because she is a thistle-sifter.

4;; #dmidst the mists and coldest frosts, $ith stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, ,e thrusts his fists against the posts, #nd still insists he sees the ghosts. 4;2 Fu??y $u??y was a bear, Fu??y $u??y had no hair, Fu??y $u??y wasn"t .ery fu??y, was he1 4;3 &lue glue gun, green glue gun. 4;4 &etty bought some butter, but the butter &etty bought was bitter, so &etty bought some better butter, and the better butter &etty bought was better than the bitter butter &etty bought before 4;5 Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, ... 4;6 +allory"s hourly salary. 4;7 I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit. 4;8 *on"t spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring ne!t spring. 4;9

# flea and a fly in a flue, were imprisoned. So what could they do1 Said the fly, "8et us flee". Said the flea, "8et us fly". So they flew through a flaw in the flue. 4;: 4ing Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb. # thousand thistles 4ing Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb. If 4ing Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb, ,ow many thistles did 4ing Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb1 42; Fi.e fat friars frying flat fish. 422 The bottle of perfume that $illy sent was highly displeasing to +illicent. ,er thanks were so cold that they /uarreled, I"m told o"er that silly scent $illy sent +illicent 423 3sau $ood sawed wood. #ll the wood 3sau $ood saw, 3sau $ood would saw. #ll the wood $ood saw, 3sau sought to saw. ;ne day 3sau $ood"s wood-saw would saw no wood. So 3sau $ood sought a new wood-saw. The new wood-saw would saw wood. ;h, the wood 3sau $ood would saw. 3sau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw. #nd 3sau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. #nd 3sau $ood sawed wood. 424 &etty bought some bitter butter and it made her batter bitter, so &etty bought some better butter to make her bitter batter better.

425 # skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk. 426 I"m not the fig plucker, nor the fig pluckers" son, but I"ll pluck figs Till the fig plucker comes. 427 3!tinct insects" instincts, e!tant insects" instincts. by 0ierre #bbat 428 The si!th sheik"s si!th sheep "s sick. 429 Sweater weather, leather weather. 42: ;ne black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue. 43; The big black bug"s blood ran blue. 432 I am not the pheasant plucker, I"m the pheasant plucker"s mate. I am only plucking pheasants "cause the pheasant plucker"s running late. 433

3d )ott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than )ott. Some say )ott was not shot. &ut Shott says he shot )ott. 3ither the shot Shott shot at )ott was not shot, or )ott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot )ott, )ott was shot. &ut if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not )ott. ,owe.er, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott but )ott. So, 3d )ott was shot and that"s hot Is it not1 434 $e will learn why her lowly lone, worn yarn loom will rarely earn immoral money. by Ray $eisling 435 2ni/ue )ew 7ork, uni/ue )ew 7ork, uni/ue )ew 7ork, ... 436 If *r. Seuss $ere a Technical $riter..... ,ere"s an easy game to play. ,ere"s an easy thing to say' If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, #nd the bus is interrupted as a .ery last resort, #nd the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort, Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, #nd the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, #nd your data is corrupted "cause the inde! doesn"t hash, then your situation"s hopeless, and your system"s gonna crash 7ou can"t say this1 $hat a shame, sir $e"ll find you another game, sir. If the label on the cable on the table at your house, Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, &ut your packets want to tunnel on another protocol, That"s repeatedly re6ected by the printer down the hall, #nd your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, So your icons in the window are as wa.y as a souse, Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,

"9ause as sure as I"m a poet, the sucker"s gonna hang $hen the copy of your floppy"s getting sloppy on the disk, #nd the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk, Then you ha.e to flash your memory and you"ll want to ram your rom. =uickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom from the 2ni! fortune database, attributed to *ement*5Iccip.perkin-elmer.com in the rec.humor.funny newsgroup 437 0icky people pick 0eter 0an 0eanut &utter. 0eter 0an 0eanut is the peanut picky people pick. 438 Ray Rag ran across a rough road. #cross a rough road Ray Rag ran. $here is the rough road Ray Rag ran across1 439 3lmer #rnold personal name 43: # Tudor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, "Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot1" 44; +rs 0uggy $uggy has a s/uare cut punt. )ot a punt cut s/uare, 5ust a s/uare cut punt. It"s round in the stern and blunt in the front. +rs 0uggy $uggy has a s/uare cut punt.

442 Tim, the thin twin tinsmith. 443 Thin sticks, thick bricks 444 Red lorry, yellow lorry. 445 # big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood. 446 ,ow much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a wooodchuck could chuck wood1 # woodchuck would chuck all the wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. 447 8arry ,urley, a burly s/uirrel hurler, hurled a furry s/uirrel through a curly grill. 448 Si! twin screwed steel steam cruisers. 449 # nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest. 44: I thought a thought. &ut the thought I thought wasn"t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn"t ha.e thought so much.

45; She sells sea shells on the seashore. The seashells she sells are seashells she is sure. 452 F om the $ o% amme &s desk# She sells cshs by the 9 shore. 453 # noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more 454 0lain bun, plum bun, bun without plum. 455 There was a young man called Fisher who was fishing for fish in a fissure. Then a cod with a grin pulled the fisherman in. )ow they"re searching the fissure for Fisher. 456 Slick slim slippers sliding south. 457 The 8eith police dismisseth us They thought we sought to stayA The 8eith police dismisseth us They thought we"d stay all day. The 8eith police dismisseth us, $e both sighed sighs apieceA #nd the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye $ere the si?e of the 8eith police. 458

#h shucks, si! stick shifts stuck shut 459 +eter maid +ary married manly +atthew +arcus +ayo, a moody male mailman mo.ing mostly metered mail. 45: The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding. 46; ,ow much dough would &ob *ole dole if &ob *ole could dole dough1 &ob *ole would dole as much dough as &ob *ole could dole, if &ob *ole could dole dough. 462 0eople pledging plenty of pennies. 463 +ares eat oats and does eat oats, but little lambs eat i.y. from a pre-war 3nglish music-hall song 464 To begin to toboggan first, buy a toboggan. &ut do not buy too big a toboggan Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan. 465 9ourtney *workin personal name 466

Switch watch, wrist watch. 467 Si! thick thistle sticks. 468 &lack bug"s blood 469 +oses supposes his toeses are roses, but +oses supposes erroneously. For +oses, he knowses his toeses aren"t roses, as +oses supposes his toeses to be. *onald ;"9onnor and :ene 4elly in "Singing in the rain 46: I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am. 47; She sells seashells on the seashore. The seashells she sells are seashore seashells. 472 Irish wristwatch 473 She had shoulder surgery. 474 To put a pipe in byte mode, type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE. from the (isual 9JJ help file.

475 Th ee T ee Tu tles Three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters. If three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters, where"s the twisters the three tree turtles talked1 476 My F iend 'ladys ;h, the sadness of her sadness when she"s sad. ;h, the gladness of her gladness when she"s glad. &ut the sadness of her sadness, and the gladness of her gladness, #re nothing like her madness when she"s mad 477 I would if I could, and if I couldn"t, how could I1 7ou couldn"t, unless you could, could you1 common school kids nonsense, circa DKDL 478 real rear wheel 479 :i.e me the gift of a grip-top sock, # clip drape shipshape tip top sock. )ot your spinslick slapstick slipshod stock, &ut a plastic, elastic grip-top sock. )one of your fantastic slack swap slop From a slap dash flash cash haberdash shop. )ot a knick knack knitlock knockneed knickerbocker sock $ith a mock-shot blob-mottled trick-ticker top clock. )ot a supersheet seersucker rucksack sock, )ot a spot-speckled frog-freckled cheap sheik"s sock ;ff a hodge-podge moss-blotched scotch-botched block. )othing slipshod drip drop flip flop or glip glop

Tip me to a tip top grip top sock. articulation warmup for actors 47: )ational Sheepshire Sheep #ssociation 48; The crow flew o.er the ri.er with a lump of raw li.er. 482 The little red lorry went down 8imuru road. 8imuru %8ee-moo-roo- road is a the name of a road in 4enya. 483 Flies fly but a fly flies. 484 *id *oug dig *ick"s garden or did *ick dig *oug"s garden1 by 0aul *a.ies 485 If a ,ottentot taught a ,ottentot tot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the ,ottentot tot be taught to say ought or naught or what ought to be taught "er1 486 ,ow many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans1 # canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans. 487 Federal 3!press is now called Fed3!.

$hen I retire I"ll be a Fed3! e!. &ut if I"m an officer when I retire, I"ll be an e! Fede! 3!ec. Then after a di.orce, my e!-wife will be an e! Fed3! e!ec"s e!. If I re6oin Fed3! in time, I"d be an e! e! Fed3! e!ec. $hen we remarry, my wife will be an e! e! Fed3! e!ec"s e!. 488 $hich witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished1 by #nn 9lark 489 *oes this shop sport short socks with spots1 48: 9ustomer' *o you ha.e soothers1 Shopkeeper %thinking he had said "scissors"-' )o, we don"t ha.e scissors. 9ustomer' Soothers Shopkeeper ' )o, we don"t ha.e scissors or soothers. ... scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, ... actual con.ersation in a shop in 9anada, recorded by *on +onson 49; Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor"s shop. #ll day long he fits and tucks, all day long he tucks and fits, and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits, and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits. Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor"s shop. 492 )o need to light a night light on a light night like tonight. 493 I wish to wish, I dream to dream, I try to try, and I li.e to li.e, and I"d die to die, and I cry

to cry but I dont know why. from a Song by Soundgarden named "Somewhere" composed and written by &en Shepherd 494 +y mommy makes me muffins on +ondays. by Tim +c9auley, age M 495 # real rare whale. 496 Terry Teeter, a teeter-totter teacher, taught her daughter Tara to teeter-totter, but Tara Teeter didn"t teeter-totter as Terry Teeter taught her to. by 0ierre #bbat 497 4en *odd"s dad"s dog "s dead. 498 I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits. Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mi!ed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was ne!t to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mi!er and brought the basket of biscuits and the bo! of mi!ed biscuits and the biscuit mi!er to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines. Said to be a diction test for would-be radio announcers' To be read clearly, without mistakes, in less than BL seconds %from 9oronet +aga?ine, #ugust DKCM-. 499 4anta is a masai girl, she can tie a tie and untie a tie, if kanta can tie a tie and untie a tie,

why can"t I tie a tie and untie a tie1 49: I"m a mother pheasant plucker. I pluck mother pheasants. I"m the pleasantest mother pheasant plucker, That e.er plucked a mother pheasant. #ctually, ... I"m )ot the pheasant plucker, I"m the pheasant plucker"s son. &ut I"ll stay and pluck the pheasants Till the pheasant plucking "s done 4:; If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole. 4:2 Se.en slick and se!y sealskin ski suits slid slowly down the slope. 4:3 The chief of the 8eith police dismisseth us. 4:4 Fred Threlfall"s thirty-fi.e fine threads are finer threads than Fred Threlfall"s thirty-fi.e thick threads. by #nthony )ichols 4:5 &ug"s black blood 4:6 Reed $ade Road 4:7

5ack"s nap sack strap snapped. 4:8 I saw 3sau sitting on a seesaw. I saw 3sauA he saw me. 4:9 # /uick witted cricket critic. 4:: ,itchcock ,awk $atch Spots Record Raptors Title of an article in the )eola :a?ette 5;; Sure, sir, the ship"s sure shipshape, sir. 5;2 The Smothers brothers" father"s mother"s brothers are the Smothers brothers" mother"s father"s other brothers. 5;3 ;ne *ouble *o?en *ouble *amask *inner )apkins )ame of a sketch written by *ion Titheradge for a 8ondon musical re.ue and originally performed by 9icely 9ourtneidge in the early DKNL"s. The comedienne &ea 8illie performed the sketch in an #merican film starring &ing 9rosby in DKNM, and that film"s name was "*octor Rhythm". The sketch became famous and 8illie did perform it on numerous occasions on radio, as well as record it on two OMrpm records. 5;4 The cat crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out. 5;5

*ear mother, gi.e your other udder to my other brother. 5;6 &lended baby blue bug"s blood blotches. made up watching bugs splatter on the windshield ... ugh 5;7 So, this is the sushi chef1 Spoken to a friend in a 5apanese restaurant on the chefPs return. 5;8 &etty &otter bought some butter, but the butter &etty &otter bought was bitter. So &etty &otter bought some better butter to make the bitter butter &etty &otter bought better. &ut instead of the better butter &etty &otter bought making the bitter butter &etty &otter bought better, the bitter butter &etty &otter bought made the better butter &etty &otter bought bitter 5;9 Furnish Freddie"s nursery with forty-four furry Furby &eanie &abies. 5;: #rnold 0almer, #rnold 0almer, #rnold 0almer, ... name of the famous #merican golfer 52; # bitter biting bittern bit a better biting bittern #nd the better biting bittern bit the bitter biting bittern back. Said the bitter biting bittern to the better biting bittern QIPm a bitter biting bittern bitten backR

522 9ertified certificates from certified certificate certifiers. 523 Imagine, imagining imagining, an imaginary imaginary imaginary menagerie manager, imagining imagining imagining an imaginary imaginary imaginary managerie. 524 $hat noise annoys a noisy oyster1 #ny noise annoys a noisy oyster, but a noisy noise annoys a noisy oyster most 525 $e need a plan to fan a panA find a pan to fan, then find a fan to fan the pan, then fan the pan. Some 4orean students find difficult to pronounce difference between "f" and "p".

infiniti1e be bear beat become begin bend betS bid bind bite bleed blow break breed bring broadcast build burstS

si ple past wasHwere bore beat became began bent bet bid, bade bound bit bled blew broke bred brought broadcast built burst

past participle been borneHborn %#3beaten become begun bent bet bid, bidden bound bitten bled blown broken bred brought broadcast built burst

bustS buy cast catch choose cling come cost creep cut deal dig di.e do draw drink dri.e eat fall feed feel fight find flee fling fly forbid forecastS forget forsake free?e get gi.e grind go grow hang ha.e hear hide hit hold

bust bust bought bought cast cast caught caught chose chosen clung clung came come cost cost crept crept cut cut dealt dealt dug dug di.edHdo.e%#3- di.ed did done drew drawn drank drunk dro.e dri.en ate eaten fell fallen fed fed felt felt fought fought found found fled fled flung flung flew flown forbade, forbad forbidden forecast forecast forgot forgotten forsook forsaken fro?e fro?en got got, gotten %#3ga.e gi.en ground ground went gone grew grown hung hung had had heard heard hid hidden hit hit held held

hurt keep know lay lead lea.e lend let lie lightS lose make mean meet pay pro.eS put /uitS read rid ride ring rise run say see seek sell send set sewS shake shearS shed shine shoot showS shut sing sink sit slay

hurt kept knew laid led left lent let lay lit lost made meant met paid pro.ed put /uit read rid rode rang rose ran said saw sought sold sent set sewed shook sheared shed shone shot showed shut sang sank sat slew

hurt kept known laid led left lent let lain lit lost made meant met paid pro.en put /uit read rid ridden rung risen run said seen sought sold sent set sewn shaken shorn shed shone shot shown shut sung sunk sat slain

sleep slide sling slink slit sow speak speedS spend spin spit split spread spring stand steal stick sting stink stride strike string stri.e swear sweep swellS swim swing take teach tear tell think thri.eS throw thrust tread understand wakeS wear wea.e weep

slept slid slung slunk slit sowed spoke sped spent spun spat, spit split spread sprang stood stole stuck stung stank, stunk strode struck strung stro.e swore swept swelled swam swung took taught tore told thought thro.e threw thrust trod understood woke wore wo.e wept

slept slid slung slunk slit sown spoken sped spent spun spat, spit split spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung stunk stridden struck strung stri.en sworn swept swollen swum swung taken taught torn told thought thri.ed thrown thrust trodden, trod understood woken worn wo.en wept

wetS win wind wring write

wet won wound wrung wrote

wet won wound wrung written

S regular form %J -ed- also possible. The trend, in 3nglish, and especially in #merican 3nglish, is to standardi?e the irregular .erbs. $e do not foresee all the irregular .erbs e.er being standardi?ed, but some of the more minor .ariations in less commonly used words will probably disappear in the ne!t genration or two. The following 3nglish irregular .erbs are now obsolete and use the standard past and participle forms %-ed-. infiniti1e burn dream dwell kneel lean learn mow smell spell spill spoil trust

!eported co

ands

If you put a command into Reported speech there are some steps which are the same like in statements' %changing of the person, backshift of tenses, changing of e!pressions of time-. The form is mostly' form of to tell J to J infiniti.e. #ffir ati1e co ands Father' "*o your homework." Father told me to do my homework. (egati1e co ands Teacher. "*on"t talk to your neighbour." The teacher told me not to talk to my neighbour.

!eported 'uestions
If you put a /uestion into Reported speech there are some steps which are the same like in statements' %changing of the person, backshift of tenses, changing of e!pressions of time-. In Reported speech there is no /uestion anymore, the sentence becomes a statement. That"s why the word order is' sub6ect - .erb =uestion without /uestion words %yesHno /uestions-' 0eter' "*o you play football1" - 0eter asked me whether %if- I played football. =uestion with /uestion words' 0eter' "$hen do you play football1" - 0eter asked me when I played football.

0nglish -ra
Statements

ar + !eported speech

D- If the sentence starts in the present, there is no backshift of tenses in Reported speech. 3!ample' Susan' "I work in an office." Susan says that she works in an office.

B- If the sentence starts in the past, there is often backshift of tenses in Reported speech. %see' )ote3!ample' Susan' "I work in an office." Susan said that she worked in an office.
Backshift of tenses from #imple Present #imple Past Present Perfect Past Perfect will would Past Perfect to #imple Past

Pro=ressi>e forms amDareDis wasDwere

wasDwere has been had been had been

Backshift of tenses from Peter@ "I work in the =arden." Peter@ "I worked in the =arden." Peter@ "I ha>e worked in the =arden." Peter@ "I had worked in the =arden." Peter@ "I will work in the =arden." Peter@ "I can work in the =arden." Peter@ "I may work in the =arden." Peter@ "I would work in the =arden." +could, mi=ht, should, ou=ht to1 Pro=ressi>e forms Peter@ "I'm workin= in the =arden." Peter@ "I was workin= in the =arden." Peter@ "I ha>e been workin= in the =arden." Peter@ "I had been workin= in the =arden." Peter said that he had been workin= in the =arden. Peter said that he was workin= in the =arden. Peter said that he would work in the =arden. Peter said that he could work in the =arden. Peter said that he mi=ht work in the =arden. Peter said that he would work in the =arden. +could, mi=ht, should, ou=ht to1 Peter said that he had worked in the =arden. to Peter said that he worked in the =arden.

If the sentence contains an e!pression of time, you must change it as well. 0eter' "I worked in the garden yesterday." 0eter said that he had worked in the garden the day before. Shifting of e!pressions of time
this +e>enin=1 that +e>enin=1

todayDthis day

that day

these +days1 those +days1 now then

+a week1 a=o +a week1 before last weekend here neEt +week1 tomorrow the weekend before D the pre>ious weekend there the followin= +week1 the neEtDfollowin= day

)ote' In some cases the backshift of tenses is not necessary, e.g. when statements are still true. 5ohn' "+y brother is at 8eip?ig uni.ersity." 5ohn said that his brother was at 8eip?ig uni.ersity. or 5ohn said that his brother is at 8eip?ig uni.ersity. or +andy' "The sun rises in the 3ast." +andy said that the sun rose in the 3ast. or +andy said that the sun rises in the 3ast.

Use
It is possible to fulfil a condition which is gi.en in the if-clause.

Form
if clause main clause willFfuture or infiniti>e or :odal G infiniti>e

#imple Present

Examples
If I study, If you see Hohn toni=ht, I will pass the eEams. tell him to eFmail me.

If Ben =ets up early, he can catch the bus.

The if-clause can be at the beginning or at the end of the sentence.
If I study, I will pass the eEams I will pass the eEams. if I study.

Conditional sentences
The conditional sentences are sometimes confusing for learners of 3nglish. $atch out' D- $hich type of the conditional sentences is used1 B- $here is the if-clause %e.g. at the beginning or at the end of the conditional sentence-1
6here are three types of the ifFclauses. type I II III condition condition possible to fulfill condition in theory possible to fulfill condition not possible to fulfill +too late1

Form
type I II if clause #imple Present #imple Past main clause willFfuture +or :odal G infiniti>e1 would G infiniti>e *

III

Past Perfect

would G ha>e G past participle *

Examples (if-clause at the beginning)
type I II III if clause If I study, If I studied, If I had studied, main clause I will pass the eEam. I would pass the eEam. I would ha>e passed the eEam.

Examples (if-clause at the end)
type I II III main clause I will pass the eEam I would pass the eEam I would ha>e passed the eEam if I study. if I studied. if I had studied. if-clause

Examples (affirmative and negative sentences)
type long forms G If I study, I will pass the eEam. I F If I study, I will not fail the eEam. If I do not study, I will fail the eEam. Examples short/contracted forms If I study, I'll pass the eEam. If I study, I won't fail the eEam. If I don't study, I'll fail the eEam. If I studied, I'd pass the eEam. If I studied, I wouldn't fail the eEam. If I didn't study, I'd fail the eEam. If I'd studied, I'd ha>e passed the eEam.

G If I studied, I would pass the eEam. II F G III F If I studied, I would not fail the eEam. If I did not study, I would fail the eEam. If I had studied, I would ha>e passed the eEam.

If I had studied, I would not ha>e failed the If I'd studied, I wouldn't ha>e failed the eEam. eEam. If I had not studied, I would ha>e failed the If I hadn't studied, I'd ha>e failed the eEam. eEam.

S $e can substitute could or might for would %should, may or must are sometimes possible, too-.
I would pass the eEam. I could pass the eEam. I mi=ht pass the eEam. I may pass the eEam. I should pass the eEam. I must pass the eEam.

Thanks to 4ai.

The definite article - the
The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural. the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers If the following word begins with a .owel, we speak T consonant, we speak T U.
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U, if the following word begins with a
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the followin= word starts with a spoken consonant the =irl the book the school

the followin= word starts with a spoken >owel the 0n=lish =irl the blue book the old school

the unit the uncle ere a I J is pronounced at the be=innin= of the ere a I J is pronounced at the be=innin= of the word. word.

$e ha.e listed some e!amples in the following table. There you can see when we use the definite article and when we don"t.

without the definite article =eneral words +indefinite1 8ife is too short. I like flowers. names of persons on the sin=ular, relati>es Peter and Hohn li>e in 8ondon. .unt :ary li>es in 8os .n=eles.

with the definite article =eneral words +definite1 I'>e read a book on the life of Bill <linton. I like the flowers in your =arden. family names in the plural 6he #miths li>e in <hica=o.

public buildin=s, institutions, means of transport public buildin=s, institutions, means of transport +indefinite1 +definite1 :andy doesn't like school. 5e =o to school by bus. #ome people =o to church on #undays. names of countries in the sin=ularC summits of mountainsC continentsC towns /ermany, ?ranceC :ount 5hitney, :ount :c7inleyC .frica, 0uropeC <airo, 4ew ,ork sin=le islands <orfu, Bermuda, #icily parksC lakesC streets 6he school that :andy =oes to is old. 6he bus to Dresden lea>es at K.LM. 6he round church in 7lin=enthal is famous. names of countries in the pluralC mountain ran=esC re=ions the !nited #tates of .merica, the 4etherlandsC the i=hlands, the -ocky :ountains, the .lpsC the :iddle 0ast, the west of .ustralia =roups of islands the Bahamas, the British Isles, the <anaries name with ofFphraseC oceansC seasC ri>ers

9entral 0ark, ,yde 0arkA 8ake +ichigan, 8och )essA CBnd Street, ;!ford Street
months, days of the week +indefinite1 6he weekend is o>er on :onday mornin=. Huly and .u=ust are the most popular months for holidays.

the Statue of 8iberty, the Tower %of 8ondon-, the Isle of $ightA the #tlantic %;cean-A the +editerranean %Sea-A the )ile, the Rhine, the Sue? 9anal
months, days of the week +definite1 I always remember the :onday when I had an accident. 6he .u=ust of 'MM& was hot and dry.

$e use the seasons of the year %spring, summer, autumn, winter- with or without the definite article.

in summer or in the summer The #merican 3nglish word for autum VfallW is always used with the definte article.

Sometimes we use the article and sometimes we do not. It often depends on the conte!t. $atch the following e!ample' The student goes to school. The mother goes to the school. In the first sentence we do not use the definite article, in the second we do. The student goes to school for its primary purpose, so we do not use the article. The mother might talk to a teacher, for e!ample. She .isits the school for a different reason. That"s why we use the definite article in the second sentence.

The indefinite article - a
The indefinte article is the a is the same for all genders. a boy, a girl, a cat The indefinte article has no plural form. a boy - boys $e use an if the following word starts with a .owel.
the followin= word starts with a consonant a boy a school a =irl the followin= word starts with a >owel an aunt an old school an .merican =irl

+ind the pronunciation of the following word.
a unit 6his u sounds like a consonant, so we use a. an uncle 6his u sounds like a >owel, so we use an.

Use of the indefinite article a/an
- before phrases of time and measurements %per weekHweekly5e ha>e 0n=lish L times a week. I =o on holiday twice a year. %ur car can do ''M kilometres an hour. 6omatoes are N' a kilo.

- before phrases of 6obs
:y father is a car mechanic.

- before phrases of nationality
Bruce #prin=steen is an .merican.

- halfH/uite
5e need half a pound of su=ar. 6his is Buite a =ood story.

!elati1e clauses with who<which
who' when we talk about people which' when we talk about things whose' instead of hisHher or their $e also use that for whoHwhich.

If there are two ob6ects in a sentence, the normal word order is' person - thing 3!amples' I must gi.e my sister a book. I ga.e +andy the letter. I ga.e her the letter.

If the thing is a pronoun, it stands behind the .erb. I must gi.e it to her.

If we want to emphasi?e the person, we put the person after the thing. Then we use the preposition to. 8et"s write the letter to 5ohn in 9alifornia.

2sing the words describe, e!plain, report, say - we always put the person after the thing. %preposition toI e!plain this rule to you.