Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 119 · 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.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
4. 4.🔤 Does breaking long words up 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 “mic”?
6. 6.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
10. 10.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) raspberry (c) lamb (d) wrap
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
13. 13.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) knob (c) foreign (d) climb
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) b
17. 17.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) s (c) h (d) w
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) h
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) w (c) p (d) b
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) l
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) calm (c) two (d) comb
23. 23.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) castle (b) sword (c) sign (d) calm
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) lamb (c) knot (d) palm
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
29. 29.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) answer (c) folk (d) sign
31. 31.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) t (b) l (c) p (d) g
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) crumb (c) island (d) aisle
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) h
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) k (c) p (d) w

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