Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 104 · 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.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent w? (a) glisten (b) write (c) crumb (d) knob
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) s
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) climb (c) lamb (d) half
6. 6.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
10. 10.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) t
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) w (b) p (c) g (d) t
13. 13.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) debt (c) knit (d) honest
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) knob (c) wrist (d) hour
16. 16.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) g
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) g
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) b
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) w
27. 27.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
30. 30.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
32. 32.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
33. 33.🔤 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
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) crumb (c) fasten (d) honest
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) g
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) w
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?

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