Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 128 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) half (c) knot (d) reign
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) h (c) s (d) b
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
8. 8.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) k
13. 13.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) cupboard (c) comb (d) two
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) s
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) s
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) w
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) p (c) s (d) l
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) listen (b) reign (c) receipt (d) wrap
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) s (b) p (c) h (d) l
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) s (c) t (d) p
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) w
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
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 consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) s (c) t (d) l
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) h (c) p (d) g
38. 38.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) glisten (b) calm (c) comb (d) cupboard

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