Teacher’s Note (Tongue Twister)
Objective
Pupils are able to create tongue twisters.
Suggested Teaching Procedures
What is a Tongue Twister?
l Click U and let pupils listen to the Tongue Twisters.
l Tell pupils that the words in a tongue twister have similar sounds. It is difficult to read fast and accurately.
l Ask pupils to find out the words with similar sounds in the tongue twisters.
Funny Tongue Twister
l Click U and let pupils listen to the Tongue Twisters.
l Invite pupils to read out the tongue twisters.
Activity 1
l Ask pupils to drag the words to the correct places to make a tongue twister.
Activity 2
l Ask pupils to use the words provided and add words with similar sounds to the sentence to make a tongue twister.
l Invite pupils to read out their tongue twisters.
² Remind pupils that adding adjectives or adverbs with similar sounds is a good way to create tongue twisters.
² Tell pupils that their tongue twisters may be nonsense but they should be grammatically correct.
² Suggested answers:
u fire, five, firemen, fight
l Five firemen fight the fire.
l Five frightened firemen fight the fierce fire.
u swans, six, slowly, swans
l Six swans swam slowly.
l Six sick swans swam slowly.
l Six sick swans swam in the snowy lake slowly.
u Bob’s, buttered, brother, bread
l Bob’s brother buttered Bob’s bread.
l Bob’s brother better buttered Bob’s bread.
l Bob’s brother buttered Bob’s bread best.
u Grapes, greedy, ate, Grace
l Greedy Grace ate grapes.
l Greedy Grace ate great Greek grapes.
u which, Swiss, wear, watch
l Which Swiss watch do you wear?
l Which Swiss watch do you wish to wear?
l Which Swiss watch do you wish to wear if you wear Swiss watch?
u cruel, clamp, crabs, claws
l Cruel crabs clamp with their claws.
l Two cruel crabs clamp me quickly with their claws and I cry.