Activity 1

TOPIC
TIME
PREPARATION

TONGUE TWISTER
10 minutes
Tongue Twister Cards
List of tongue twisters.(numbered)
1. Teacher gets the students to choose one number from 1 10.
2. Student will be given the tongue twister card2according to the
STEPS
1
chosen number.
How can a clam cram in a clean
A quick witted cricket critic
3. Students will say the tongue twister three
times
continuously.
cream
can?
4. This activity can be used as a set-induction or closure.

1
A quick witted cricket critic
Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
She said she should sit!
2
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
3
Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
4
She said she should sit!
5
The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick
6
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
7
The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday
8
I saw Susie
6
5 sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where
she sixth
shines, and where she shinesIfshe
Stu sits.
chews shoes, should Stu
The
sixth she
sick sits
sheik's
choose the shoes he chews?
9
How sheep's
much dew
sickdoes a dewdrop drop
7
8
If dewdrops do drop dew?
The
thirty-three
thieves
thought
I
saw
Susie
sitting
in a shoe shine
10
The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.
that they thrilled the throne
shop.
throughout Thursday.
Where she sits she shines, and
where she shines she sits.

9
How much dew does a dewdrop
drop
If dewdrops do drop dew?

10
The king would sing, about a ring
that would go ding.

Activity 2
TOPIC
TIME
PREPARATION

STEPS

TONGUE TWISTER
I hour
Tongue Twister Strips.
List of tongue twisters.
10 -15 participants
Score sheets.
Two or One adjudicators.(Teachers)
Classroom/Hall
1. Teacher gets the participants to sit in a semi-circle
2. * *Adjudicators are seated in front.
3. The first Participant will draw a Tongue Twister Strip from
the box.
4. 10 seconds will be given to the participant to read the
tongue twister silently
5. Participant will read the tongue twister aloud three times
continuously over a microphone.
6. Then the participant will pass the strip to the second
participant. (The time of the silent reading can be
shortened, since they have heard it from the previous
participant.)

7. Meanwhile the Adjudicators confer and compromise the

marks after each participants presentation.
8. At the end of each round two participants with the lowest
marks will be eliminated.
9. These rounds continue until only one participant is left.
10. The final participant will be the winner.
*Level of difficulty of the tongue twisters will increase as the participants get
lesser

List of Tongue twisters

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

next left
mama papa
sissy papa
yet yum
three five
earwig
speed zone
get ticket
chicken kitchen
mad blood

11.

Betty Botter bought some butter but the butter was bitter So, she bought some
better butter, to better the bitter butter and her butter was not bitter. So Betty
Botter bought some better butter and made the bitter butter better.

12.

Freshly fried fresh flesh

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea
shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood
a woodchuck could chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
A quick witted cricket critic
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick
She said she should sit!
How much dew does a dewdrop drop
If dewdrops do drop dew?
They do drop, they do
As do dewdrops drop
If dewdrops do drop dew.
Fresh fried fish,

13.

14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

23.

24.

25.
26.
27.
28.

Fish fresh fried,

Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.
Come, come,
Stay calm, stay calm,
No need for alarm,
It only hums,
It doesn't harm.
Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs
Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter.
Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick
The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.
Kanta 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 tie?

*More tongue twisters are available at the following sites:www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html

www.fun-with-words.com/tongue_twisters.html
http://www.eslpartyland.com/articles/tongue-twisters.html
www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm

No.

Name

Tongue Twister Competition

Score Sheet
Pronunciation
Fluency
60%
40%

Total
100%

Eliminated
(X)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Participants

**

4
Adjudicators

Activity 3
TOPIC
TIME
PREPARATION
STEPS

Spot the differences

80 minutes
A set of two similar pictures with differences
1. Students find a partner to work with
2. Teacher gives the pictures to students
3. Students are to describe the picture to his/her partner orally
without showing the picture to him/her.
4. The partner will compare with his/her picture and spot the
differences.
5. Teacher helps and guides them to describe the pictures.
6. Students may change roles.

Sample of pictures

(pictures taken from http//www.images.google.com.my)

Activity 4
TOPIC
TIME
PREPARATION
STEPS

Guessing game
40 minutes
Flashcards and a list of words
1. Teacher chooses a student
2. Student holds a flashcard with a word on it
3. Other students are to guess what the word is by asking
questions for clues
4. Student with the card can only answer yes or no.
5. After 20 questions asked, other students have to guess the word
6. Students take turn to hold the cards.

The list of words

Umbrella
Water
Tree
House

Tiger
Ice cream
Sun
Car

Computer
Cow
Television
Dictionary

Sample of questions and answers

Questions
Are you a living thing?
Are you a type of food?
Do children like you?
Do you have flavours?
Are you colourful?
Do you taste hot?
Can people buy you from a shop?
Do you come in boxes?
Are you always expensive?
Are you an ice-cream?

Answers
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes