Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 113 · 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) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
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 “imagination”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) p
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) s (c) w (d) b
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) aisle (b) folk (c) knee (d) knot
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) lamb (c) glisten (d) two
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) g
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) h
13. 13.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) two (c) yolk (d) half
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
20. 20.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) honest (c) sign (d) knee
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) listen (c) yolk (d) knife
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) h
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) g (b) p (c) h (d) s
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) w
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) t
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) knot (c) doubt (d) knit
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) sword (c) yolk (d) knit
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 t? (a) doubt (b) comb (c) rhino (d) glisten
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) raspberry (c) yolk (d) knob
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?

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