1. material
2. opponent
3. artificial
4. parliament
5. survive
6. realistic
7. arrangement
8. capture
9. damage
10. preparation
11. conflict
12. complex
13. messenger
14. collection
15. cushion
16. universal
17. establishment
18. victory
19. election
20. desirable
21. substance

1. aerial
2. burial
3. racial
4. social
5. trivial
6. glacial
7. partial
8. special
9. crucial
10. judicial
11. financial

d  +  you   d  +  your         -ja/u   -jur         

can’t you  =  cancha/u       get  you   =   getcha get your = getchur

meet your  =  meechur meet you =  meecha/u

need you  =  neeja/u need your = neejur

examples:

• Can't you wait a few minutes longer  =  Cancha/u wait a few minutes longer?
• I will get you sooner or later  =  I'll getcha/u sooner or later.
• Get your coat, we are leaving  =  Getchur coat, we're leaving.
• I will meet you at the diner  =  I”ll meecha/u at the diner.
• I would like to meet your mother  =  I'd like to meechur mother.
• I need you to get something for me  =  I neeja/u to get som'n for me.
• I do not need your money  =  I don't neejur money.
• I will pretend you didn't say that.   =  I'll pretendja din't say that.

  Shippers in slippers ship six sleeping sheep. Six sleeping sheep do shippers in slippers ship.

Rhymes

1.    Young Lady of Norway

    There was a Young Lady of Norway,     who casually sat in a doorway.         When the door squeezed her flat,    She exclaimed, 'What was that?'     The flattened Young Lady of Norway.

2.    Young Lady of Turkey

There was a Young Lady of Turkey, Who wept when the weather was murky;          When the day turned out fine,          She ceased to repine, That capricious Young Lady of Turkey.

1. pretend
2. suggestion
3. explosion
4. obedient
5. ordinary
6. military
7. observation
8. negotiate
9. representative
10. tropical
11. quantity
12. suspicious
13. mystery
14. afford
15. afterwards
16. nuclear
17. several
18. hostilities
19. widespread
20. automatic
21. violate

1. factory
2. literal
3. family
4. luxury
5. citizen
6. festival
7. clarify
8. secrecy
9. classical
10. scrutiny
11. gallery
12. medical
13. currency
14. melody
15. cylinder
16. general
17. memory
18. vacancy
19. happiness
20. mineral
21. different
22. minister
23. difficult

s(as z) + your -zhur  (zhur as in pleasure, measure)

examples:

Do not press your luck  =  Don't preshur luck. Do not mess your hair up  =  Don't meshur hair up.

He has your money  =  He hazhur money. I need to size your coat for tomorrow  =  I needa sizhur coat  for tomorrow. Please, close your window  =  Please, clozhur window.

Tongue Twister

These thick things think that those thin things think that these things are their things.

Rhymes

3.    Young Lady Whose Bonnet

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet, Came untied when the birds sat upon it;     But she said: 'I don't care!     All the birds in the air, Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'

4.    Old Man on a Hill

There was an Old Man on a hill, Who seldom, if ever, stood still;     He ran up and down,     In his Grandmother's gown, Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

1. shadow
2. meadow
3. widow
4. window
5. bellow
6. yellow
7. shallow
8. fellow
9. follow
10. mellow
11. wallow
12. gallows
13. swallow
14. sparrow
15. borrow
16. tomorrow
17. sorrow
18. furrow

1. inward
2. onward
3. toward
4. westward
5. awkward
6. forward
7. wayward
8. backward
9. downward
10. eastward
11. homeward
12. afterward
13. frontward
14. northward
15. southward

1. apparent  
2. agreement 
3. arrival
4. confinement
5. amazement 
6. decipher
7. affected
8. encampment
9. denial  
10. amendment  
11. establish
12. assassin
13. enrollment   
14. assembly   
15. attachment  
16. attendant  
17. heroic   
18. beginning   
19. illegal
20. invalid
21. opponent
22. consider  

Are we going to go the movies  =  Are we gonna go to the movies? Are we going to do this or not   =   Are we gonna do this or not?    

I want to buy a coat   =  I wanna buy a coat.

We have got to hurry  =  We've godda hurry.

We have to hurry  =  We hafta hurry?      John has to get up early   =  John hasta geddup early. She has to leave now  =  She hasta leave now.

I am used to the cold weather  =  I'm usta the cold weather. I used to jog a lot  =  I usta jog a lot.

Mark is supposed to bring the drinks  =  Mark is sposta bring the drinks. It is supposed to rain today  =  It's sposta rain today.

Tongue Twister

Larry Lionel licked little Lola Loni's lilac like lollipop.

Rhymes

5.    Old Man with a Beard

There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared!     Two Owls and a Hen,     Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!'

6.    For every evil

For every evil under the sun     There is a remedy or there is none. If there be one, seek till you find it.     If there be none,  never mind it.

1. decrease
2. selection
3. cooperate
4. minister
5. demonstrate
6. supervise
7. submarine
8. explosive
9. cabinet
10. authority
11. guarantee
12. treasure
13. foreign
14. border
15. element
16. influence
17. politician
18. investigate
19. majority
20. preserve
21. organization

1. quotient
2. patient
3. ancient
4. transient
5. lenient
6. deficient
7. efficient
8. proficient
9. sufficient
10. obedient
11. expedient
12. recipient
13. convenient
14. ingredient

1. awesome
2. fearsome
3. tiresome
4. toilsome
5. loathsome
6. wearisome
7. wholesome
8. worrisome
9. bothersome
10. burdensome
11. cumbersome
12. meddlesome
13. quarrelsome
14. troublesome
15. adventuresome

1. deliver
2. prohibit
3. subscriber  
4. protector
5. astonish
6. survivor
7. diminish
8. refreshment
9. transparent 
10. distinguish 
11. reluctant
12. remember
13. volcano  
14. domestic
15. unequal  
16. dramatic   
17. abandon
18. specific
19. surrender
20. impostor
21. accomplish   
22. improper

What do you want       =  Waddaya want? /               =  Whatcha want?

What does he want    = Wadduzzee want?

What did you want  =  Whaja want?

What are you doing  =  Whaddaya doin'?             =  Whatcha doing?

What would you like  =  Wawuja like?

Tongue Twister

When Battle Beetles battle, it's a Battle Beetle battle, when they battle with a bottle, it's a Battle Beetle bottle battle.

Rhyme

7.    Man in his office

The man was in his office,     counting out his money. The wife was in the parlor,     eating bread and honey. The maid was in the garden,     hanging out the clothes; when down came a blackbird     and snapped off her nose. 8.    Simple Simon

Simple Simon met a pieman,     going to the fair. Says Simple Simon to the pieman,     “let me taste your ware.” Says the pieman to Simple Simon     “Show me first your penny.” Says Simple Simon to the pieman,     “Indeed, I don't have any.”

1. recession
2. institution
3. violent
4. recognize
5. conference
6. mysterious
7. police
8. furious
9. curtain
10. opposition
11. organize
12. torture
13. tendency
14. variety
15. committee
16. dependent
17. notice
18. judgment
19. practical
20. satellite
21. criminal

1. nation   
2. station   
3. lotion   
4. motion   
5. notion   
6. potion   
7. portion
8. cessation
9. collation
10. creation
11. dictation
12. donation
13. duration
14. formation
15. frustration
16. deviation
17. desperation
18. liberation
19. mediation
20. moderation
21. numeration
22. operation
23. toleration
24. trepidation
25. valuation

1. kingship
2. lordship
3. township
4. judgeship
5. ownership
6. censorship
7. dealership
8. fellowship
9. friendship
10. internship
11. leadership
12. membership
13. penmanship
14. citizenship
15. scholarship
16. showmanship
17. sponsorship
18. stewardship
19. workmanship
20. championship
21. relationship
22. salesmanship
23. assistantship
24. craftsmanship

should not have  =  shoodna     could not have  =  coodna would not have  =  woodna

examples:

You should have been here sooner  =  You shoulda been hear sooner.

I could have slept all day  =  I coulda slept all day.

I would have helped if you had asked  =  I wooda helped if you'd asked.

He must have known  =  He musta' known.

She may have lost it  =  She maya lost it.

I might have seen it in the back  =  I myda seen it in the back.

You should not have come here  =  You shouldna come here.

He could not have done it   =  He couldna dunit.

I would not have told her  =  I woodna told'er.

Tongue Twister

A tutor who tooted a flute, tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the tutor to the tooters, "It is harder to toot than tutor two tooters to toot."

Rhymes

9.    Old Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard,     to get her poor dog a bone. But when she got there, The cupboard was bare,     And so the poor dog had none.

10.    Crooked Man

There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked dollar and he gave a crooked smile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, and they all lived together in a little crooked house.

1. previous
2. experiment
3. chemical
4. ability
5. mineral
6. timetable
7. policy
8. anxiety
9. situation
10. patience
11. serious
12. disappear
13. occasion
14. accustomed
15. delegate
16. surface
17. broadcast
18. official
19. favorite
20. champion
21. defeat

1. measure
2. pleasure
3. treasure
4. leisure
5. disclosure
6. composure
7. exposure 
8. enclosure

1. ageless
2. jobless
3. lawless
4. careless
5. faceless
6. fearless
7. flawless
8. hairless
9. headless
10. heedless
11. hopeless
12. lifeless
13. listless
14. nameless
15. painless
16. reckless
17. restless
18. seamless
19. selfless
20. spotless

1. recollect
2. importune  
3. undermine
4. recommend
5. reprehend
6. intercede
7. apprehend  
8. introduce  
9. condescend 
10. understand
11. misapply   
12. contradict 
13. undersell

    What is your name  =  Whatcher name?

    What is her name  =  Whatser name?

    What is his name  =  Whatsiz name?

Tongue Twister

The furry thistle first thought the fiery thimble was fairly thirsty.

Rhymes

11.    Sticks and Stones

Sticks and stones will break my bones But words will never hurt me.

12. Solomon Grundy

Solomon Grundy, Born on  Monday, Slept on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Sick on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday. That was the end, Of Solomon Grundy

1. multiply
2. pamphlet
3. condition
4. coalition
5. probability
6. population
7. mention
8. compromise
9. resolution
10. neutral
11. expansion
12. subversion
13. behavior
14. severe
15. destruction
16. criticize
17. reasonable
18. sensible
19. cardboard
20. expression
21. adventure

1. allusion
2. illusion
3. conclusion
4. confusion
5. intrusion
6. exclusion
7. delusion
8. diffusion
9. occasion
10. evasion
11. corrosion
12. explosion
13. abrasion
14. vision
15. collision
16. derision
17. precision
18. provision
19. cohesion

1. ceremony
2. customary
3. momentary 
4. adversary
5. delicacy
6. alimony
7. difficulty
8. allegory 
9. epilepsy
10. accuracy
11. emissary  
12. purgatory  
13. commentary
14. intimacy  
15. salutary  
16. commissary
17. sanctuary

let me =   lemme          Let me give you a hand  =  Lemme give ya a hand

give me =  gimme     Give me your money, or die  =  Gimmee your money, or die!

because  =   ‘cause I do not like it because it is too sweet  =  I don't like it 'cause it's too sweet.   

come on  =   c’mon  (hurry)     Come on, let's go  =  C'mon, lessgo.

 miss your  =  mishur I really miss your great pies  =  I really mishur great pies.

called you  =  cawju      I called you yesterday = I cawdju yesterday.

how did you   =  howja/u     How did you know where to find me  =  Howja know where to find me?      get out of  =  gedouda Let's get out of here  =  Let's gedouda here.     

Tongue Twister

How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies?

Rhymes 13.    Eeper Weeper

Eeper Weeper, chimney sweeper,     Had a wife but couldn't keep her. Had another, didn't love her,     Up the chimney he did shove her

14.    Going to St. Ives

As I was going to St. Ives,     I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks,     Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,     How many were there going to St. Ives?

1. enforce
2. fanatic
3. companion
4. attention
5. useful
6. celebrate
7. approval
8. encourage
9. communicate
10. popularity
11. missile
12. social
13. emergency
14. circumstances
15. ambassador
16. environment
17. moderate
18. imagination
19. candidate
20. transparent
21. civilization

1. cautious   
2. gracious   
3. spacious
4. specious
5. precious
6. concussion
7. passion
8. admission
9. compression
10. expression
11. impression
12. oppression
13. succession
14. transgression   
15. mansion   
16. pension   
17. tension
18. pretension
19. ocean   
20. logician
21. magician
22. musician
23. tactician
24. optician
25. physician

1. fitness
2. illness
3. madness
4. oneness
5. witness
6. dampness
7. deafness
8. fondness
9. gladness
10. goodness
11. highness
12. idleness
13. laziness
14. likeness
15. meekness
16. mildness
17. neatness
18. openness
19. soreness
20. weakness
21. awareness
22. dizziness
23. eagerness
24. emptiness

1. controversy
2. inventory 
3. secretary
4. monastery
5. mandatory 
6. sedentary
7. matrimony 
8. promissory
9. military
10. territory
11. voluntary
12. testimony   
13. planetary 
14. tributary  
15. mercenary

ought to  =  otta We ought to pack early  =  We otta pack early.    

when do you  =  When d'ya When do you think you will come  =  When d'ya think you'll come?

did you ever  =  ja/u ever did you ever see that movie = Ja ever see that movie?

kind of  =  kinda I kind of thought so  =  I kinda thought so.

sort of  =  sorta I sort of got lost  =  I sorta' got lost.

a lot of =  alotta We are having a lot of fun  =  W'ere havin' alotta fun.

Tongue Twister

Moses supposes his toes are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. If Moses' toes were roses in rows, his toes to his nose would smell wonderfully.

Rhymes

15. Peter Peter Pumpkin

Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,     Had a wife but couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin shell     And there he kept her very well.

16.    Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep,     Have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir,     three bags full; One for the master,     and one for the dame, And one for the little boy     who lives down the lane.

1. sacrifice
2. microscope
3. environment
4. decision
5. character
6. accordance
7. century
8. pressure
9. scientific
10. decorate
11. appropriate
12. association
13. confirm
14. standard
15. radiation
16. target
17. stubborn
18. generous
19. headquarters
20. department
21. transport

1. future
2. nature
3. suture
4. capture
5. culture
6. feature
7. fixture
8. gesture
9. lecture
10. nurture
11. pasture
12. picture
13. rupture
14. texture
15. torture
16. venture
17. creature
18. fracture
19. juncture
20. moisture
21. scripture
22. sculpture
23. structure
24. adventure
25. departure
26. recapture
27. conjecture
28. manufacture

1. grammarian 
2. variety
3. historian
4. activity
5. centurion  
6. librarian  
7. material   
8. accessory
9. communicate
10. maturity   
11. community  
12. memorial   
13. adversity
14. analogy
15. anatomy
16. security   
17. antagonist
18. formality  
19. brutality  
20. grammatical
21. habitual  
22. significant

    2. There's got to be a better way to do this.       There’s gotta be a better way ta do this.

    3. Just as I thought, he is not coming.       Justaz I thought he isn’t coming. 

    4. Cup of coffee when you have a minute?      Cup-a-coffee when you-av-a minute?

    5. Could have been the postman ringing the doorbell.      Cud-a-bin the postman ringing the doorbell.

    6. Peace and quiet.        Peace-n-quiet.

    7. Is her brother going to come to the party?     Izzer  brother gonna come to the party?

    8. What do you think will happen to her?    Whachu think will happen to ‘er?

    9. Give me the keys.     Gimme the keys.

    10. I don't know.          I dunno.     11. What do you want to eat?                Waddaya wanna eat?

    12. Would you like a banana?                Wujalike a banana?

    13. Don't you know?               Doncha know?

    14. Would you go?                Wuju go?

    15. A: Did you eat?  B: No, did You?         A: Ja eat?  B: No, ju?

Tongue Twister

In the chicken's kitchen were chicken's kittens. In the kitten's kitchen were kitten's chickens.

Rhymes

17. Georgie Porgie

Georgie Porgie, Puddin' and Pie,     Kissed the girls and made them cry, When the boys came out to play     Georgie Porgie ran away.

18.    Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue,     come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow,     the cow's in the corn. Where is that boy     who looks after the sheep? Under the haystack     fast asleep.

1. digestion
2. production
3. principle
4. profession
5. discourage
6. deserve
7. propaganda
8. upright
9. description
10. capital
11. innocent
12. various
13. crisis
14. design
15. familiar
16. medicine
17. immediate
18. publication
19. medication
20. consider
21. property

1. furniture
2. miniature
3. forfeiture
4. literature
5. acupuncture
6. architecture
7. signature
8. legislature
9. temperature
10. agriculture

1. significant
2. coincident  
3. identity   
4. comparison   
5. competitor   
6. conspiracy  
7. validity
8. vicinity
9. morality  
10. apology
11. necessity   
12. astrology
13. astronomy
14. biography
15. electrical
16. particular
17. democracy
18. political   
19. equivalent
20. economy
21. geometry
22. monopoly

    1. Did you go?   dijew     2. Would you help?   wujew/ja     3. How could you?    cujew/ja     4. Did you quit your job?  diju    quichur     5. Put your hat on and let's go.   putcher   lessgo     6. I got your email. gotcher     7. Can't you see?   cancha     8. Did you miss your chance?   dija  mishur     9. Weren't you at the restaurant last night?  Werncha/u     10. I'll see you in a minute.   yuwina     11. Are you free on Sunday?   freeyon     12. When should we go out?  gowout

Tongue Twister

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper Picked.

Rhymes

19.    Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle,     The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon.     The little dog laughed, To see such sport,     And the dish ran away with the spoon

20.    Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,     Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men     Couldn't put Humpty together again.

1. machinery
2. execute
3. territory
4. structure
5. beneath
6. independent
7. struggle
8. confidence
9. uniform
10. disappoint
11. deliver
12. substitute
13. according
14. pleasant
15. intelligent
16. calculate
17. parallel
18. vicious
19. sensitive
20. advertise
21. useless

1. analogy
2. biology
3. ecology
4. geology
5. zoology
6. ideology
7. oncology
8. theology
9. cosmology
10. mythology
11. radiology
12. sociology
13. archeology
14. cardiology
15. immunology
16. psychology
17. seismology
18. technology
19. meteorology
20. anthropology

1. antecedent 
2. manifesto
3. apparatus  
4. memorandum 
5. oriental
6. ornamental  
7. scientific
8. accidental 
9. systematic
10. aromatic   
11. correspondent
12. detrimental 
13. horizontal
14. energetic   
15. fundamental  
16. universal
17. innuendo

advocate     advocate appropriate     appropriate approximate     approximate associate associate degenerate degenerate delegate     delegate deliberate (adj)     deliberate duplicate duplicate elaborate(adj)     elaborate estimate     estimate graduate     graduate moderate (adj)     moderate subordinate     subordinate

Tongue Twister

Thirty-three Finns found thirty free things.

Rhymes

21.    Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill     To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown,     And Jill came tumbling after.

22.    Little Bo-Peep

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,     and can't tell where to find them; leave them alone, And they'll come home,     wagging their tails behind them.

1. civilian
2. purchase
3. admiration
4. significant
5. nonsense
6. effective
7. specialist
8. ammunition
9. grocery
10. violence
11. analysis
12. message
13. helicopter
14. passenger
15. temporary
16. propose
17. creature
18. security
19. conscience
20. subsidy

1. amalgamate
2. assassinate
3. capacitate
4. coagulate
5. concatenate   
6. confabulate
7. congratulate
8. contaminate
9. decapitate
10. elaborate
11. emancipate
12. eradicate
13. evacuate
14. infatuate
15. invalidate
16. procrastinate
17. retaliate
18. evaporate

1. contemporary  
2. prohibitory
3. declamatory  
4. defamatory   
5. vocabulary
6. exclamatory  
7. consolatory
8. explanatory  
9. depository
10. extemporary  
11. derogatory
12. hereditary   
13. involuntary
14. incendiary   
15. repository
16. inflammatory 
17. preliminary  
18. observatory

Tongue Twister

Rubber baby buggy bumpers  (repeat 3 times fast)

Rhymes

23.    Old King Cole

Old King Cole was a merry old soul And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl And he called for his fiddlers three.

24.    Pop Goes the Weasel

Every night when I get home The monkey's on the table, Take a stick and knock it off, Pop! goes the weasel

25.    Wise Old Owl

A wise old owl lived in an oak The more he saw the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

1. pleasure
2. convenient
3. betray
4. adjustment
5. blanket
6. quality
7. destroy
8. medical
9. reaction
10. minority
11. dreadful
12. surround
13. laboratory
14. slippery
15. satisfaction
16. senseless
17. development
18. disaster
19. donations

1. harmonious
2. precarious
3. vicarious
4. illustrious
5. laborious
6. industrious
7. victorious
8. mysterious
9. notorious
10. spontaneous
11. erroneous
12. ambiguous
13. conspicuous
14. contiguous
15. impetuous

1. ambiguity 
2. contradictory
3. credibility    
4. dictatorial
5. epicurean   
6. elementary
7. importunity
8. epidemical    
9. notoriety
10. opportunity
11. falibility
12. perpetuity   
13. genealogy
14. perspicuity  
15. hospitality
16. illegitimate
17. imperceptible
18. intellectual
19. testimonial  
20. introductory
21. irresistible
22. magnanimity
23. alphabetical 
24. metaphysical
25. analytical   
26. monosyllable
27. argumentative
28. plausibility

Tongue Twister

Brim brings Ben's broom. Ben brings Brim's broom.

Rhymes

26.    Mary had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,     His fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went,     The lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school one day,     Which was against the rule, It made the children laugh and play     To see a lamb at school.

27.    Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without any bread; Then sang them a song and put them to bed.

28. To Market

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,     Home again, home again, jiggety-jig. To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,     Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.

1. ingredients
2. provision
3. diplomat
4. precious
5. hardship
6. particular
7. sympathy
8. surrender
9. captain
10. satisfy
11. oxygen
12. ceremony
13. original
14. substance
15. sideways
16. suppress
17. anniversary

1. additional
2. exceptional
3. medical   
4. national  
5. occasional
6. personal  
7. seasonal  
8. sensational  

1. acidic
2. allergic
3. analytic
4. dramatic
5. energetic
6. horrific   
7. scientific
8. terrific  
9. photographic

1. dictionary
2. missionary
3. necessary
4. revolutionary
5. stationary

1. edification 
2. amplification  
3. association   
4. qualification
5. multiplication

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.

Rhymes

29.    Rub a dub

Rub a dub dub     Three men in a tub The butcher, the baker,     the candlestick maker.

30.    Old Woman Under the Hill

There was an old woman     who lived under the hill, And if she's not gone,     she lives there still. She sold baked apples     and cranberry pies, And she is the old woman     that never told lies

31.    Grand Old Duke of York

The grand old Duke of York,     He had ten thousand men; He marched them up     to the top of the hill, And he marched them down again.

And when they were up,     they were up, And when they were down,     they were down, And when they were only half-way up,     They were neither up nor down.