Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 112 · 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 mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
6. 6.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) palm (c) wrist (d) fasten
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) l
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) knit (c) palm (d) yolk
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) aisle (c) talk (d) answer
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) g (b) h (c) s (d) w
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) raspberry (c) rhino (d) knot
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) half (b) reign (c) receipt (d) sign
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) l
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) wrist (c) hour (d) foreign
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) walk (c) rhino (d) write
25. 25.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) aisle (c) knob (d) climb
30. 30.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) lamb (c) doubt (d) knot
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) t (c) g (d) h
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) crumb (c) two (d) walk
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) aisle (b) hour (c) comb (d) knot
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) b (c) g (d) h
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) p

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