Una frase o serie de palabras que cuesta trabajo decir correctamente se llama "tongue twister" (trabalenguas) en inglés. A los niños les encantan los trabalenguas y desafían a sus amigos a que intenten decirlos rápidamente varias veces seguidas. Para los estudiantes de inglés, los trabalenguas son una manera divertida de trabajar uno o dos sonidos a la vez hasta lograr una pronunciación correcta. Empieza diciendo el trabalenguas lentamente y luego intenta hacerlo a mayor velocidad. Cuando ya puedas decir el trabalenguas entero, trata de superar el reto de decirlo dos o tres veces seguidas.
| Trabalenguas | Sonidos/palabras resaltados | Dificultad (para un nativo) |
|---|---|---|
| How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? | wood & chuck (significa: lanzar) | Fácil |
| Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? | p | Fácil |
| Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? | can | Fácil |
| Frivolously fanciful Fannie fried fresh fish furiously | f | Fácil |
| To begin to toboggan first buy a toboggan, but don't buy too big a toboggan. Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan. | b & t | Fácil |
| She saw Sharif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure those were Sharif's shoes she saw? | s & sh | Fácil |
| Give papa a cup of proper coffe in a copper coffe cup. | c & p | Media |
| Black background, brown background | b | Media |
| Seventy-seven benevolent elephants | l & v | Media |
| The chic Sikh's sixty-sixth sheep is sick | s & k | Media |
| A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. | l & r | Media |
| A pessemistic pest exists amidst us. | s & st | Media |
| Drew Dodd's dad's dog's dead. | d | Media |
| Which witch switched the Swiss wristwatches? | w, s & ch | Difícil |
| She sells seashells by the seashore. | s & sh | Difícil |