Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 118 · 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 “education”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) h
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) g (b) p (c) l (d) k
4. 4.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) lamb (c) fasten (d) foreign
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) g (b) k (c) h (d) b
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) hour (c) knife (d) walk
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) calm (c) knot (d) wrap
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) h
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) w
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) w
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) answer (c) receipt (d) crumb
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) cupboard (c) island (d) hour
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) design (c) wrap (d) calm
29. 29.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) s
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) knob (c) reign (d) island
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) s
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) glisten (b) folk (c) fasten (d) lamb
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) t (c) h (d) k
36. 36.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
40. 40.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name

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