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Speaking Exercises

BREATHING:

Exercise 1:

Breathe in deeply and slowly through the mouth 3 times.

Exercise 2:

I am.

I am going.

I am going to try.

I am going to try to read.

I am going to try to read as much as I can.

I am going to try to read as much as I can of this.

I am going to try to read as much as I can of this sentence in one breath.

I am going to try to read as much as I can of this sentence in one breath without gasping or running out.

I am going to try to read as much as I can of this sentence in one breath without gasping or running out of air.

I am going to try to read as much as I can of this sentence in one breath without gasping or running out of air or going blue in the face.

Exercise 3: / / means to take a top-up breath

Jack reached the top of the hill, a little breathless after his exertion./ / The climb had made him feel quite warm,/ / and he took off his jacket, folded it down its length, and rested it over his left arm./ / Only then, as he looked around, did the full impact of the spectacular view of the Yorkshire countryside hit him./ / He took a deep breath, smiled, and began the journey back to the bottom,/ / happy to be alive, happy to be here.

BACK OF THE TONGUE AND THE SOFT PALATE:

KICK CAKE AND COKE QUITE QUICKLY.

GO TO THE GIG AND GAG THE GARGLING GARGOYLE.

KING CANUTE COULD NOT CONTROL THE COMING TIDE.

GLORIA GLADLY CRASHED THE GONG AND STRUCK THE GLOCKENSPIEL.

GENERAL EXERCISES FOR VOCAL AGILITY. Some of them make you jump from one part of the mouth to another in quick succession.

COME, McCLUSKIE, MAKE MANY MEN MAN THE MAINSAIL.

TIPPETTY TAT TAP, TIPPETY TAP.

PIPPETY PAT, PIPPETY PAT, TIPPETY TAP, TIPPETY TAP, PIPPETY TAP.

FEE FI FO FUM.

KA-KA NA-NA MA-MA MA-MA NA-NA KA-KA

NA-NA KA-KA MA-MA TA-TA-DA-DA-SA-FA

MA-MA-NA-NA-LA-LA FA-FA-VA-VA-FA-FA

TA-DA-DA-TA-TA-DA-DA RALLA LARRA RALLA LARRA

EXERCISES FOR THE ORGANS OF ARTICULATION:

The Lips: Say the following, exaggerating the P, B, M and W sounds.

PLEASE PASS THE PENCILS AND PENS, PAPA.

PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPER. IF PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPER, WHERE’S THE PECK OF PICKLED PEPPER PETER PIPER PICKED?

BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT SOME BUTTER BUT SHE SAID, “THIS BUTTER’S BITTER”.

The Tongue:

THEOPHILUS THISTLE THE THISTLE-SIFTER HAD A SIEVE OF UNSIFTED THISTLES AND A SIEVE OF SIFTED THISTLES, BUT THEOPHILUS THISTLE THE THISTLE-SIFTER THOUGHTLESSLY THRUST A THISTLE THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS THUMB.

TELL TERRY TUCKER AND TOMMY TATTLER NOT TO TELL TALES.

NANNY NUDGED NICOLA.

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