Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 127 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) l (c) s (d) g
6. 6.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
9. 9.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
12. 12.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) l (c) p (d) h
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) fasten (b) sword (c) two (d) aisle
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) s
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) aisle (c) rhino (d) reign
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) cupboard (c) honest (d) knot
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) debt (c) doubt (d) sword
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) answer (c) walk (d) raspberry
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) t (c) h (d) b
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) w (c) p (d) t
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) l
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) p
28. 28.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
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 w? (a) palm (b) doubt (c) sword (d) knit
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) knee (c) foreign (d) island
34. 34.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) yolk (c) two (d) knife
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) talk (c) doubt (d) wrist
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
40. 40.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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