Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 105 · 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 tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) castle (c) climb (d) doubt
7. 7.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) w (c) h (d) b
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) b (c) g (d) k
11. 11.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
13. 13.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) w
15. 15.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) k
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
21. 21.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
25. 25.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) g
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) answer (c) cupboard (d) lamb
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) climb (c) hour (d) receipt
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent k? (a) cupboard (b) two (c) rhino (d) knife
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) g (c) k (d) l
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) s
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) knob (c) knee (d) aisle
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) l
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) write (c) rhino (d) knot
40. 40.🔤 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

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