Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 120 · 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) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) g
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) b
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) half (c) knob (d) answer
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) l
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) climb (c) raspberry (d) listen
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) debt (c) rhino (d) wrist
11. 11.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
12. 12.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) knit (c) wrist (d) honest
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) calm (c) foreign (d) answer
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) w (c) h (d) g
18. 18.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) design (c) wrap (d) cupboard
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) l
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) write (c) glisten (d) foreign
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) h (c) b (d) k
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) sign (c) rhino (d) calm
30. 30.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
31. 31.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) folk (c) island (d) crumb
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) knit (c) calm (d) two
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) p (c) l (d) w
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) l (c) k (d) w
35. 35.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) rhino (c) answer (d) foreign
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) s (c) h (d) g
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up

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