Tongue twisters with N
Here we have some fun Letter N tongue twisters that you can use for pronunciation practice as well as interesting English class warmers and coolers. Not all the words in these quirky sentences begin with N but as you will see, they mostly contain the /n/ sound within them.You will also find a few silent K words in this activity.
Start by reading them slowly, then try to read them faster and faster. For a bigger challenge, read them aloud as quickly as possible 3 times in a row.
The tongue twisters with N are –
1 – Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
2 – New navy novices nail nets now.
3 – Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
4 – A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.
5 – Innocent cannon gunrunning.
6 – Nine nimble noblemen nibbled nuts.
7 – The nanny is conning Donny into binning nice onions.
8 – A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!
9 – A noisy nattering nest of nomadic narwhals nodding and nuzzling noses.
10 – Nancy knows no banana names if Nancy knew banana names Nancy would know bananas.
11 – How many nuts can a nun nibble if a nun can nibble nuts? As many nuts as a nun can nibble if a nun can nibble nuts.
12 – An unknown number of numbats entered a narrow nook at noon.
13 – You know New York. You need New York. You know you need unique New York.
14 – The continent’s funnymen are winning the running.
15 – No need to light a nightlight on a light night like tonight.
16 – A synonym for cinnamon is a cinnamon synonym.
17 – No nose knows like a gnome’s nose knows.
18 – I need not your needles, they’re needless to me. For needing needles is needless, you see. But did my neat trousers but need to be kneed, I then should have need of your needles indeed.
19 – He ran from the Indies to the Andes in his undies.
20 – The Knight said, “He’s”, with niceties, “some nights a tease or nice at ease on nice settees”.
21 – Plain bun, plum bun, bun within a plum.
22 – Nunnery femininity, nunnery femininity, nunnery femininity….
23 – Nobody knew the name and intention of the spinning invention in Norway.
24 – Never go near a nimble ninja with nunchucks and knives.
25 – Natalia’s niece needs a new noble nickname as Natalia’s niece has none.
26 – The canine had a news note on a napkin around its neck.
Related activities
For further practice with the letter N sound, have a look at both the Nand NG and the M and N minimal pairs pages. There you will find flashcards, word lists, and more practice sentences.