Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 121 · 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) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) l (c) w (d) h
5. 5.👅 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
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) aisle (c) write (d) yolk
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) h
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) h
11. 11.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) h (c) p (d) b
13. 13.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) t
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) sign (c) crumb (d) castle
18. 18.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) t
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) t
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) l
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) knife (c) crumb (d) lamb
24. 24.Which word has a silent p? (a) doubt (b) knit (c) knife (d) cupboard
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) h (c) s (d) w
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) t
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrap (b) glisten (c) island (d) listen
30. 30.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) knit (b) half (c) island (d) castle
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) talk (c) foreign (d) wrap
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) talk (c) design (d) hour
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) walk (c) yolk (d) answer
40. 40.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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