1 Read the following tongue-twisters, listen to them and pronounce them properly as fast as you can: /p/ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX_qOTgXcl8 /b/ The big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td4wN_0gjpQ A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af6zdpzUybk Betty Botter bought some butter. “But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, It would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter – That would make my batter better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUUkR3IaYmk /t/ Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter “T”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aZtnpTYNVE /ʔt/ I need to go to the shops to buy a bottle of water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKLAYsLXgQ /d/ When a doctor gets sick and another doctor doctors him, does the doctor doing the doctoring have to doctor the doctor the way the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring of the doctor doctor the doctor as he wants to do the doctoring? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cJsj123hpE /k/ Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gngum_Ci54g I would if I could! But I can’t, so I won’t! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJMRkNQhZJk /ɡ/ Girl gargoyle, Guy gargoyle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b65sWzbf6iU 2 Transcribe the following words containing diphthongs: fierce cared moors raid time coat kite beard tours bone boil town 3 Transcribe the following words ending with a plosive: harp rogue eight ride mob ache ode rip sag feet