TH, F, V and W Tongue Twisters
These tongue twisters target the friction sounds that trip up most learners: the two TH sounds /θ/ and /ð/, plus /f/, /v/, /w/ and /h/. The TH sounds exist in very few languages, which makes these phrases the ultimate accent workout.
Practice Tips
- For TH, the tongue tip goes between the teeth; for /f/ and /v/, the top teeth touch the bottom lip.
- /v/ and /w/ are different: /v/ uses teeth on lip, /w/ uses rounded lips only.
- Whisper the phrase first to isolate the friction, then add your voice.
Showing 8 tongue twisters
Advanced
Focus: w and ch sounds
“How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood”
Practice this tongue twister to improve w and ch sounds.
Expert
Focus: th sound (voiced and voiceless)
“Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrush's throat”
Practice this tongue twister to improve th sound (voiced and voiceless).
Advanced
Focus: f sound with consonant clusters
“Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes”
Practice this tongue twister to improve f sound with consonant clusters.
Intermediate
Focus: v and w sounds
“Very weary, very weary, very weary”
Practice this tongue twister to improve v and w sounds.
Advanced
Focus: wh and th sounds
“Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be not”
Practice this tongue twister to improve wh and th sounds.
Intermediate
Focus: v sound repetition
“Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently”
Practice this tongue twister to improve v sound repetition.
Intermediate
Focus: wh and w sounds
“Which witch is which?”
Practice this tongue twister to improve wh and w sounds.
Expert
Focus: th sound (voiced and voiceless)
“The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday”
Practice this tongue twister to improve th sound (voiced and voiceless).
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