Tongue twisters with Z
Here are some fun letter Z tongue twisters that you can use for pronunciation exercises, language training, and speech therapy.
Tongue twisters are a hilarious way to practice the English language and for any learners wondering, they are even challenging for native speakers.
These tongue twisters not only feature words that have the letter Z but also words with the letter S when it has the same pronunciation. They include words that have the Z sound at the start, in the middle, and at the end of the words.
1 – This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.
2 – At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.
3 – A hazy breeze in a busy Venezuelan pizza plaza.
4 – Busy buzzing bumble bees.
5 – Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
6 – The sizes of zoos in Zambia outsize the zoos of Zaragoza.
7 – Zachary’s zenith zones on the zodiac and zen.
8 – Zombie zits resemble zucchinis.
9 – A zookeeper zipped a muzzle on a zebra.
10 – Ozzy cut Brazilian roses with noisy scissors.
11 – A dozen wizards bedazzling demons in the drizzle.
12 – Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
13 – Zithers slither slowly south.
14 – Hazel guzzled a dozen frozen raisin desserts.
15 – Zizzi’s zippy zipper zips.
16 – Sizzling chorizo pizzas ooze ouzo.
17 – Gazing at zebras zig-zagging and grazing in Zambia.
Tongue twisters with Z continued
18 – Civilized gazelles eat bizarre pretzels in deserts.
19 – Glazed raisins sizzling in a blazing desert.
20 – A zinc-mining zone in Zanzibar.
21 – A zinc kazoo nozzle.
22 – Sneezing glaziers squeezing tweezers.
23 – Unfazed viziers visiting a ritzy waltz with bronze xylophones in Zimbabwe.
24 – Dizzy Daisy crazily zoomed through a blizzard.
25 – Decentralize otherwise they’ll embezzle.
26 – Lizards ooze jazz music.
27 – This is a zither.
28 – Brazen grizzly buzzards seized a topaz lizard in a frenzy.
29 – Amazing Japanese trapeze on skis.
30 – Lazy citizens capsizing on the horizon.
31 – A laser razor hazard.
32 – Cosy Jacuzzi, cosy, Jacuzzi, cosy Jacuzzi.
33 – You realize it’s a personalized puzzle prize?
34 – Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, a freezy breeze blew. The freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze. That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.
Further activity
If you want more activities about the letter Zee/Zed and the Z sound, check out the S and Z minimal pairs. There are some flashcards and fun sentences to teach and practice the difference between the S and Z sounds.