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NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 10 A. Tongue twisters — Let us Speak

Book page 126 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.
Try speaking the following lines. Start slow and gradually increase your speed. See how many times you can say each one without stopping or making a mistake. a. Red lorry blue lorry.
Answer

Say it like this: Red · lor–ry · blue · lor–ry. Say it four times slowly, then four times a little faster, then as fast as you can.

What it is training: the two sounds r and l. Your tongue does different things for them. For r the tongue curls back and touches nothing. For l the tip of the tongue touches the ridge just behind your top front teeth. The words red and lorry make you swap between the two, again and again.
Tip: Do not speed up until you can say it four times without a slip. Speed comes from being sure, not from hurrying. A lorry is a truck.
Q2.
b. Babli bought beautiful bangles but the bangles broke.
Answer

Say it like this: Bab–li · bought · beau–ti–ful · ban–gles · but · the · ban–gles · broke.

What it is training: the sound b, seven times in one line. To make a b you close both lips, hold the air behind them for a moment, and let it burst out. Doing that seven times quickly is the whole game.
Notice: This twister belongs to our chapter — bangles that break are exactly what a bangle-maker fears. Glass is beautiful, but it is brittle.
Tip: The hardest join is “but the bangles”. Practise just those three words ten times, then put the whole line together.
Q3.
c. Ravi read a red book.
Answer

Say it like this: Ra–vi · read · a · red · book.

What it is training: the r sound at the start of three words in a row — Ravi, read, red. It also makes you keep read and red apart, and here they sound exactly the same! “Read” in the past tense is said like “red”. Words that sound the same but are spelt differently are called homophones.
Tip: This is the shortest twister on the page, so use it to warm up before the longer ones.
Q4.
d. Green glass globes glow green.
Answer

Say it like this: Green · glass · globes · glow · green.

What it is training: two clusters that look alike but are not — gr (green) and gl (glass, globes, glow). Your tongue has to decide between r and l immediately after the g, and it has to do it five times in five words. That is why this line trips people up.
Meaning: A globe is a round ball-shaped thing. To glow is to shine with a soft light. So the line pictures round green glass balls shining — not far from the bangles in our story.
Tip: Say “gl–gl–gl” ten times first. Then say the line.
Q5.
e. Ten tiny turtles take turns talking.
Answer

Say it like this: Ten · ti–ny · tur–tles · take · turns · talk–ing.

What it is training: the sound t at the start of six words in a row. For a clear t the tip of the tongue taps the ridge behind the top teeth and the air pops out. The trouble comes in turtles and turns, where a t and an r sit close together.
Meaning: To take turns means to do something one after the other, not all together — the way we take turns to speak in class.
How to play this in class: Sit in a circle. Each child says the line once. Anyone who stumbles is out. The one left at the end is the winner. Start slow — the game only gets fast in the second round.
Why tongue twisters are worth doing: They are not just fun. They make your tongue and lips move accurately, so your ordinary English becomes clearer too. Reading aloud in class gets easier after a week of these.
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