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When the boys came out of play,

Georgie Porgie ran away.

9. August. School in August.

A language school in August.

To go to a language school in August.

Great idea to go to a language school in August.

It’s a great idea to go to a language school in August.

Constrictive fricatives

[f]

1.Four furious friends fought for the phone.

2.Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.

3.Fancy that Fan is full of fads and fancies.

4.Five fit fishers shipped six thick fish dishes.

5.That fish has a fat fin, this fish is a fish that has a thinner fin than that fish.

6.Flies fly fast, but dragonflies fly faster.

7.Philip and Ferdinand fought for fifty-five minutes, after which they fell down in a faint for the fight had been fearfully furious.

8.Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?

9.For every evil under the sun,

There is a remedy, or there is none.

If there is one, try and find it.

If there is none, never mind it.

10. There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in.

Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.

[v]

1.She had vicious wishes that the worst would happen to the versed men; these vicious wishes made the versed men very wary that the worst could happen.

2.We went to Wally’s volleyball event under the village’s wilted willow, with victory in mind. Wally would win the volley versus Vinny.

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3.Wild vines make fine vintage wines.

4.Victor’s friend Vincent rinsed his vests in vinegar.

5.Vivacious Vivian loved to voice vigorous verses vociferously.

6.Stephen vainly viewed vast vales with vacant eyes.

7.Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.

8.Woollen vests for wailing wolves are worn in the vast woodlands.

9.For once, weary Wanda's woolgathering lost its vim and vigour.

10.Which witch winds white weasel wool well?

11.Very volatile vets visited several wives.

12.Which is worse verse - Wendy's verse or Wayne's verse?

[s]

1.Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.

2.She sees seas slapping shores.

3.Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

4.Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger; Sneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger; Sneeze on Wednesday, get a letter; Sneeze on Thursday, something better;

Sneeze on Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow.

5.My sister sells silk shirts. But Mr Fister’s sister doesn’t sell silk shirts.

6.Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.

7.Better safe than sorry.

8.Last but not least.

9.Sue will certainly see the sights of Sydney.

10.Sing a song of seasons.

11.Sue and Cecily are sisters. Sue is sixteen this summer. Sue is sowing grass seed.

Sue sees Cecily asleep with a glass of cider and a nice sixpence ice by her side. Sue drinks cider and eats the ice.

Cecily gets such a surprise when she wakes.

12.A sailor went to sea

To see what he could see, And all he could see

Was sea, sea, sea…

[z]

1. This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.

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2.Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,

Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?

3.There’s a Chinese zebra at the zoo.

[θ]

1.Three thin thinkers thinking thick thoughtful thoughts.

2.Theo thrust a thumb through two or three thick straw thatches.

3.The third Thursday of this month is the sixteenth.

4.Thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three.

5.Wealth is nothing without health.

6.Three things on this side and six things on that side.

7.Arthur Smith, a thick-set healthy athlete, sees three thieves throw a thong round Martha's throat and threaten to throttle her.

8.I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

9.A thatcher of Thatchwood went to Thatchet a-thatching.

Did a thatcher of Thatchwood go to Thatchet a-thatching?

If a thatcher of Thatchwood went to Thatchet a-thatching,

Where's the thatching the thatcher of Thatchwood has thatched?

10. I thought a thought.

But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

11.King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb. A thousand thistles King Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb. If King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb,

How many thistles did King Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb?

[ð]

1.The bathers have left their clothes on the other bank of the river.

2.“This” is used for one thing near, “That” means one thing over there, “These” and “those” mean two or more, “Those” are far and “these” are near.

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3.Smooth breathing is rather soothing.

4.These are three brothers. These are their father and mother. This is their other brother.

5.Look here, Heather.

Look here, Heather, there’s no one there.

Look here, Heather, there’s no one there, neither mother nor father.

6. Father, mother, sister, brother walk from here to there to be with one another.

[ʃ]

1.She sells sea-shells on the seashore,

The shells that she sells are seashore shells I'm sure. For if she sells seashells on the seashore,

Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

2.He sighed, she sighed, they both sighed; side by side down beside the river side.

3.The swell shoes she was wearing showed Sheila to be a shopper off super sense.

4.I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.

5.Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!

6. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.

7. I think she should sit.

[ʒ]

1.He measured his pleasure in a visual treasure.

His treasure includes a corsage and a collage in the garage.

2.Her seizures usually impaired her vision.

Her vision is confused by the television equation.

3.Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.

4.Pleasure is measured under Marjorie’s rigid supervision.

5.John saw an unusual collision while indulging in a rigid regime.

6.Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.

7.Pleasure is measured under Marjorie’s rigid supervision.

8.Angela’s original diversion was encouraged by Jane and Jean.

9.Purging the Persian legions in the Eurasian regions was a diversion.

10.Jack is cagey on occasion, but is also an original visionary.

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[h]

1.Mr. Hunt had a country house.

2.The hunter had a big hat.

3.A huge hat is on the hale hacker.

4.The hammer-man hammers the hammer on the hard highroads.

5.In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.

6.Helen’s husband hates hot tea.

7.He held her hand in his.

8.The horn of the hunter was heard on the hill.

9.Healthful habits make healthy bodies.

10.He that has ears to hear let him hear.

11.My heart’s in the Highlands.

12.It’s not the hopping over hedges that hurts the horses’ hooves; it’s the hammer, hammer, hammer on the hard high road.

13.He is head over heels in love.

14.In Hertfod, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.

15.Hilda’s husband whose name is Hugh Hazell

Hilda’s husband whose name is Hugh Hazell has a heavy hand.

Occlusive-constrictive, affricates

[ʧ]

1.New cheese, blue cheese, chew cheese please.

2.Top chopstick shops stock top chopsticks.

3.Chester shucked the chestnuts and Chuck chucked the shucks.

Did Chester shuck the chestnuts faster than Chuck chucked the shucks, Or, did Chuck chuck the shucks faster than Chester shucked the chestnuts?

4.Cheerful Charlie chose a cheesy chowder.

Did cheerful Charlie choose a cheesy chowder? If cheerful Charlie chose a cheesy chowder,

How cheerful was Charlie after he chose the cheesy chowder?

5.A chapped chap chopped chips.

6.A cheeky chimp chucked cheap chocolate chips in the cheap chocolate chip shop.

7.Choice chilled cherries cheer Cheryl.

8.Which switch, Miss, is the right switch for Ipswich, Miss?

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[dʒ]

1.John joined the group eating jam.

2.Jerry bought jeweler for Jane

3.Julia Jamestone will marry judge Jeffreys in June or July.

4.Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

5.John saw an unusual collision while indulging in a rigid regime.

6. Angela’s original diversion was encouraged by Jane and Jean.

7.Purging the Persian legions in the Eurasian regions was a diversion.

8.Jack is cagey on occasion, but is also an original visionary.

Sonorants

Occlusive, nasal

[m]

1.Miss, miss, little Miss, miss, when she misses, she misses like this.

2.The museum has many memorable monuments to the memory of some remarkable members of the Moslem community.

3.Martha always makes a mountain out of a molehill.

4.Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me. My mother's making me marry Mary Mac. Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?

Meet me in the evening.

Meet me at eight.

I’ll meet you anytime you want

But please don’t be late.

6. Solomon Grundy Born on Monday. Christened on Tuesday. Married on Wednesday. Ill on Thursday

Worse on Friday.

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Died on Saturday.

Buried on Sunday.

That is the end of Solomon Grundy.

7.If many men knew what many men know, If many men went where many men go

If many men did what many men do,

The world would be better, I think, don’t you?

8.Money

Money spent

Money spent on the brain

Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain

[n]

1.What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

2.I need not your needles, they are needless to me.

3.If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.

4.No nose knows like a gnome's nose knows.

5.Nice Nancy nibbles nervously on nuts.

6.If you notice this notice, you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.

7.Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.

8.Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nuts.

[ŋ]

1.They ran and rang the bell.

2.I think the thing is impossible.

3.The spring brings many charming things.

4.As the days lengthen so the storms strengthen.

5.Oh, swing the king and swing the queen, Oh, swing them round and round the green.

6.To know everything is to know nothing.

7.A good beginning makes a good ending.

8.Better die standing than live kneeling.

9.A strong young monk is beating a hanging gong.

10.It’s a fine thing to sing in spring.

11.Thomas thinks of terrible things

And to the troubled teacher brings.

Things that sing and things that sting,

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Things which swing and things which cling,

Things that ping and ring and fling,

And of all these things thinks nothing.

Constrictive, oral

[w]

1.What, Why, When and Where are the words we require quite often when we want to ask questions.

2.Why do you want me to work twice a week?

3.All is well that ends well.

4.Which is this switch? Which switch is which?

5.Whether it rains, whether it snows, we shall have weather whether or no.

6.Walter works at a waxworks and wax won't wash off without warm water.

7.While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.

8.Why do you cry, Willy?

Why do you cry?

Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why, Willy? Why?

9. Swan swam over the sea – Swim, swan, swim;

Swan swam back again, Well swum, swan.

10. Will you, won’t you Will you, won’t you Will you, won’t you

Dance with me?

11.A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay;

A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.

12.Whether the weather be fine or whether the weather be not. Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot. We'll weather the weather (whatever the weather),

Whether we like it or not.

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13. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

[l]

1.Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.

2.A lump of red leather, a red leather lump.

3.Eleven local lads and lasses dancing round the village Maypole to a tuneful old melody.

4.On a lazy laser raiser lays a laser ray eraser.

5.The tall pole topples and falls but all the people laugh and the lads and girls are still able to smile.

6.Little Lucy likes to lick lemon-lime lollypops.

7.Larry Hurley, a burly squirrel hurler, hurled a furry squirrel through a curly grill.

8.Lillian.

Lillian left.

Lillian left the library.

Lillian left the library at eleven o’clock.

It’s a simple lie that Lillian left the library at eleven o’clock.

[r]

1.Robert Rowley rolled a round roll round, A round roll Robert Rowley rolled round,

Where rolled the round roll Robert Rowley rolled round?

2.Richard's wretched ratchet wrench.

3.Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

4.The rate collector correctly collected the late rates at a great rate.

5.The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.

6.Fresh French fried fly fritters

7.Round and ‘round the rugged rocks the raggedly rascal ran.

8.Red lorry, yellow lorry

9.Little Red Riding Hood

10.Strawberries, raspberries and red currents with real cream are really very refresh-

ing.

11.A librarian reports that three hundred readers used the library reading-room in the period from February to April.

12.The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

13.We gathered ripe red raspberries along the river road.

14.Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run!

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Vowels

[i]

1.Bill and Tim, sit still!

2.It is a little pig. It is a little stick.

3.This little fish lives in a big lake.

4.It’s the limit! It isn’t his business.

5.Bill’s sister sings well.

6.Who sings English songs in his family?

7.Five fit fishers shipped six thick fish dishes.

8.It’s a pity that little Kitty lives in a big city.

9.Six little kittens lost their mittens.

It’s a pity, they were so pretty.

10. Little Bill, sit still. Will you sit still, little Bill? If you sit still little Bill,

Jimmy Nill will bring you to a big hill.

11. Kitty’s home is in the country, Betty’s home is in the city,

Kitty likes to stay with Betty, Betty likes to stay with Kitty. Kitty likes the busy city, That is quite a lucky thing For betty and for Kitty.

12. My sister.

My sister and Tim.

My sister and Tim will visit Jim.

My sister and Tim will visit Jim who lives in a big city.

My sister and Tim will visit Jim who lives in a big city, and they will eat fish and sing.

[i:]

1.Please, believe me! Please, leave me in peace.

2.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

3.Extremes meet.

4.Seeing is believing.

5.If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be!

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