Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 103 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) l
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) knife (c) wrap (d) answer
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) b
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
7. 7.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) knife (c) walk (d) doubt
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) l
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) rhino (c) wrap (d) foreign
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) p (c) h (d) b
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
17. 17.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) calm (c) knee (d) climb
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) knee (b) aisle (c) comb (d) wrist
20. 20.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) p (c) h (d) w
23. 23.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) island (c) sign (d) receipt
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) half (c) lamb (d) wrap
27. 27.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
29. 29.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
31. 31.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) s (b) h (c) b (d) t
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) t (c) k (d) p
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) w (b) p (c) k (d) g
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.Which word has a silent h? (a) lamb (b) crumb (c) palm (d) rhino
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrist (b) island (c) doubt (d) knit

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