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Photo frames: a tongue twister

Read “Photo frames” aloud. Follow the steps, listen for one detail and repeat with an optional timer.

Photo frames

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Read it slowly

Say the whole passage at a pace that lets you hear every word. Notice one part to repeat.

Vera fixes five photo frames; Phil fills four frames.

Keep the quantity and the picture-frame words together. Notice whether a repeated sound makes you rush past the number or lose the last syllable.

How to practise

Check your next reading

Read once more as a short explanation of the display. Check that a listener can catch the quantity without looking at the text.

How to rehearse this passage

  1. Read it slowly

    Say the whole passage at a pace that lets you hear every word. Notice one part to repeat.

  2. Read it at your speaking pace

    Repeat the difficult part, then read the complete passage at a comfortable pace. Choose clarity before speed.

  3. Use it in ordinary speech

    Read the ordinary sentence. Can you keep the same care without making the sentence sound forced?

    Vera will put five photos in frames for the display.

Read aloud or use a recorder you already know. The timer guides your practice; it does not assess your voice. Completion lasts while this page stays open.