Tongue Twister

To Improve your
pronunciation
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Simple Vowel Sounds


 Practice Saying These Vowel
Sounds

The best way to do these sentences is to repeat the sounds after your teacher reads
them.

The birds dont hurry too much.

They just sit in the tree and take their time.
When children cant sleep, they should try counting sheep
Would you like me to read the tea leaves in your cup?
The American fleet was temporarily stationed in the South China Sea
I scream. You scream. We all scream for vanilla-flavored ice cream.
Those greedy mice have eaten my Stilton cheese three times already.
Now, I lay me down to sleep and pray the lord my soul to keep.
A horse is sometimes used as a convenient beast of burden.
I can now play thirty-three easy pieces of music on the electronic organ.
Two people disagree on a point and argue it out

the old man next door tells you your party is too loud
you try to explain that you are just young people having fun
or
the neighbor complains about your barking dog
you explain that it is in a dogs nature to bark
or
your friend wants to buy your 1980 230 Benz for half a million Baht
you argue it is well-kept and has classic value and ask for a million
or
your wife is jealous because you came home with lipstick on your shirt
you claim some strange girl on the bus accidentally rubbed against you
or
the boyfriend wants to pay the bill in a restaurant
the girl insists that she pays to illustrate sexual equality
or
your wife is suspicious because you come home so late
you try to console her by explaining you work overtime
In this kind of role play situation, it is better to let the students think up their
own dialogues, because this is more fun for them and also funny and
entertaining for the class. Freedom will relieve their sense of pressure.
 Familiar Apologies

Make an apology in the following situations :
1. You have forgotten your wifes birthday.
2. You couldnt go to visit your Mom on Sunday.
3. You cannot attend your sons graduation ceremony.
4. Your wife has seen you in a restaurant with another woman.
5. You cannot drive your wifes parents to the doctors on
Thursday.
6. You are unable to attend your colleagues wedding.
7. You cannot attend your uncles funeral ceremony.
8. You dont want to attend the office party.
9. You cannot lend your friend any more money.
10. You do not want to go out drinking with your old school pals.
11. You are too shy to sing a song in front of a full crowd of
people.
 Asking Your Friends for
Advice

In this task, one student goes to the front and pretends to have a problem and
asks the others for advice. This is a kind of free-for-all activity that gives
everyone a chance to speak if they wish. It also shows the teacher which
students are ready to participate and which ones hang back and may need extra
attention and encouragement. A student explains his/her problem thus :
I want more than anything to major in drama and maybe one day be a
star, but my parents are dead set against it because I would have to come
home late from rehearsals, I wouldnt be wearing a school uniform, and
this might not be safe, and, most of all, they feel that I would have no
chance of a proper career if I follow this path, what should I do?
The other students can ask questions and talk with her about her problem.
My family will not accept my boyfriend because they think he does not
come from the right kind of background. They say he doesnt know how
to behave or speak in the proper manner. They look down on his family
because they have less money than us, and they want me to break off the
relationship right away. What they dont know is that I have been seeing
him for about three years, and we have become quite close. We really
love one another and even plan to get married after we graduate. What
can we do to resolve the situation?
I saw my best girlfriends boyfriend holding hands with another girl in a
shopping mall. Then, they went into a movie and because of my
curiosity, I followed them. I actually saw him stealing a kiss when he
thought nobody would be looking. They seem very familiar with one
another and I feel that he has been seeing this other girl all along, from
even before he started going with my girlfriend, Ann, two months ago. I
think that he has just been stringing Ann along and I feel it is my duty to
tell her all I know. What should I do?
My mother allowed me to get a drivers license and bought me a car to
drive to school, but she made me promise never to drive outside the
limits of the city. Last weekend, on Saturday, all my best girlfriends
talked me into driving them to Pattaya for the day. I was home by seventhirty,
and my mom didnt even have the slightest suspicion because she