Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 133 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) w
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) k (c) l (d) s
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) p
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) h
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) w
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) b (c) p (d) w
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) g
16. 16.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
18. 18.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) w
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) palm (d) knot
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) s
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) b
23. 23.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
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrap (b) answer (c) honest (d) island
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
26. 26.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
27. 27.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) climb (c) aisle (d) answer
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) knife (c) climb (d) folk
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) half (c) aisle (d) palm
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) p (c) l (d) w
35. 35.Which word has a silent s? (a) folk (b) knob (c) wrap (d) aisle
36. 36.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) two (c) yolk (d) knife
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
39. 39.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?

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