Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 117 · 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 covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) s (c) p (d) g
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) b (c) g (d) w
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) sign (b) knot (c) comb (d) listen
8. 8.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) two (c) crumb (d) hour
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
14. 14.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) half (c) raspberry (d) knit
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) comb (c) castle (d) glisten
18. 18.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) s
21. 21.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) p
23. 23.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) knit (c) honest (d) cupboard
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) h (b) l (c) w (d) t
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) sign (c) cupboard (d) knife
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) climb (c) debt (d) doubt
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) palm (c) knife (d) debt
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) castle (c) lamb (d) rhino
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) climb (c) island (d) hour
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) l
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) p
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) design (c) write (d) debt
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) fasten (c) palm (d) knife
38. 38.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) answer (c) half (d) foreign
40. 40.👅 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

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