Ausdrucksstark in Wort und Schrift
Nicht nur die Sprache, auch das Sprechen will geübt sein. Am meisten Spaß macht das mit Zungenbrechern und Sprachspielen, von denen Sie in diesem Teil jede Menge finden. Damit trainieren Sie nicht nur Ihre Sprechmuskeln, Sie lernen nebenbei auch einiges dazu über gleich klingende Wörter, Kuriosa der englischen Sprache – und übers Buchstabieren.
Aussprache-Training mit Hindernissen
Zungenbrecher
If you are able to pronounce the following English tongue-twisters, you will be able to pronounce everything in English!
A proper copper coffee pot.
A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits and a biscuit mixer.
She sells seashells on the seashore.
We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
The sixth sick Sheik´s sixth sheep is sick.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, where´s the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?
Doppelgänger
Here is one more pronunciation challenge for you! Furthermore, do you know the translation of the following look-alikes?
The bandage was wound around the wound.
You have to polish the Polish furniture.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
(Many more sentences like these can be found in different sources, e.g. on the Internet.)
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Ode to Spell Checker (please read aloud!) Eye halve a spelling checker Eye strike a key and type a word As soon as a mist ache is maid Eye have run this poem threw it (This poem can be found – in different versions – |
Buchstabier-Chaos
According to the NATO spelling alphabet there are some mistakes to be found in the following spellings. Can you spot them – and insert the appropriate spelling words?
Hendrik Johns: Hotel Echo November Diner Romeo Isaac Kilo Joseph Oscar Hotel November Sierra
Suzanna Hill: Sugar Uniform Zulu Alpha November November Alpha Hamburg India Lima Lima
GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU
Some combinations of letters in English can be pronounced in astonishingly different ways. Just take a look at “ough” in “cough, though, through, hiccough”!
So, GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU is a completely common English word – if you replace its combinations of letters by single letters that can be spelled in the same manner.
To make it a little easier for you we show you the combination of letters that have to be replaced as a whole by a single letter:
GH OUGH PHTH EIGH TTE EAU
Can you find the English word consisting of six letters that is hidden here?
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