Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 1 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Beat by beat): Open your mouth, keep a steady pace and finish every word ending. Warm up with tongue twisters. Clap the syllables: speech (1), speak·er (2), mi·cro·phone (3), pre·sen·ta·tion (4), pro·nun·ci·a·tion (5). Silent letters: k in knife and knee, w in write and two, b in climb and debt, t in listen and castle, h in honest and hour, l in calm and talk, g in sign.

1. 1.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) talk (c) folk (d) hour
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) honest (c) island (d) talk
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) p
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) folk (c) honest (d) sign
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) two (c) knot (d) climb
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) fasten (c) cupboard (d) walk
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
15. 15.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) l
17. 17.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) s (b) p (c) b (d) h
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) l (c) p (d) g
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) comb (c) aisle (d) cupboard
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) k (c) h (d) w
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) s (c) p (d) w
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) s (c) p (d) g
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) talk (c) knob (d) write
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) doubt (c) receipt (d) wrap
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) crumb (c) wrist (d) doubt
36. 36.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) write (c) lamb (d) knife
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up

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