Here is a fun collection of tongue twisters with J. These silly sentences all contain words that have the J sound – /ʤ/. Not all of the words in these twisters are spelled with a j, there are also some soft G words that use the same sound.
Repeating the J tongue twisters out loud is a great way to practice this phoneme for both English as a second language learners and younger students in native English speaking countries. You find that some students will also learn some new words as they recite the phrases. For others, they can just be a bit of simple frivolous fun!
The J tongue twisters are –
1 – Jack the jailbird jacked a jeep.
2 – James jostled Jean while Jean jostled Joan.
3 – Jim’s gerbil jumped the jam jar and juice.
4 – Inject a gentle jab for genuine German jungle germs.
5 – Jeff joined judo in a Japanese jujitsu gym.
6 – Our Joe wants to know if your Joe will lend our Joe your Joe’s banjo. If your Joe won’t lend our Joe your Joe’s banjo our Joe won’t lend your Joe our Joe’s banjo when our Joe has a banjo!
7 – The Janitor’s job is to change the lodge’s bulging hinges.
8 – Join Jane jiggling a jumbo jug of jelly.
9 – A giant genie with a jade jackal was enjoying a jungle journey in Java. A jaguar joined the journey and joked about gems and jewels making the giant genie and the jade jackal jealous.
10- Huge jaws jut out, huge jaws jut out, huge jaws jut out.
11- A just judge and jury judicial judgment.
12- The gypsy jinxed a jester with danger magic on a jumbo jet to Jordan.
13- A junior jockey jogged with jeans, a jumper, and a jacket.
14- John jumps for joy at jukebox jazz and jingling jukebox jazz makes Jane jump joyfully.
15- Large giraffes enjoy huge oranges with ginger.
16- Genies jot jumbled jargon in giant journals.
17- Jeep engines jolt at New Jersey junctions.
18- A jolly general German gentleman joked about genes and geology.
19- Judy juggled juicy, jiggling jellybeans in her jolly, jumping jester hat.
20- In June, John jeers at the jetty, In July John jumps on the jetty joists.
21- Soldiers in Japan reject jasmine jerky in a jiffy.
22- An angel with gin and gel.
