Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 106 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) raspberry (c) answer (d) glisten
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) t
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) walk (c) honest (d) island
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) wrist (c) comb (d) palm
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) folk (c) wrap (d) half
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) l (c) h (d) k
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) doubt (c) talk (d) palm
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) half (c) doubt (d) walk
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) raspberry (b) fasten (c) reign (d) debt
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
22. 22.Which word has a silent h? (a) knit (b) aisle (c) sword (d) hour
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) g (c) s (d) p
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
29. 29.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) p
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) aisle (c) debt (d) yolk
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) g
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) island (c) listen (d) climb
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
35. 35.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) fasten (c) wrist (d) half
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) s
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?

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