Ms Aldorino, Rita

Phonetics and Diction 1

Consonant Clusters

Oral Practice

Tongue-Twisters }

A proper copper coffee pot. J

" Mixed biscuits, mixed biscuits.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.

A a peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,

Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

^ She sells seashells down by the seashore. The shells she sells are seashore shells.

Three grey geese in green fields grazing.

We surely shall see the sun shine soon. R

? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

More consonants practice _

ü  Are these sacks those that you want?

§  She showed me some machine-made horseshoes

o  The great king gave his guests magnificent gifts of gold.

ü  I can’t measure the pleasure I have in viewing this treasure at leisure.

§  They chopped up the chairs with a cheap, chipped chopper.

o  What will you wear, a white waistcoat or a woolen sweater?

ü  Don’t tickle Tessie, Tom; tickling Tessie’s naughty.

§  The driver was drunk and drove the doctor’s car directly into the deep ditch

o  I acquired a quaint copper kettle in the market.

ü  Just for a joke, George and James mixed gin and ginger with the general’s jam.

§  Tie the things that you have together with some string.

o  Do you think this method is mathematically right?

ü  The poor peasant prayed that the panther wouldn’t t pounce.

§  The trip by train took a tiresome twenty-two hours.

ü  For lunch, Charles chose a cheap chop and some chips, with cheese and cherries afterwards.

§  I f you go digging in the garden, don’t forget to get your old grey gloves.

o  The buds on the bare boughs are about to burst into blossom.