Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 136 · 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) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
2. 2.Which word has a silent p? (a) walk (b) receipt (c) knee (d) island
3. 3.🔤 Does breaking long words up 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) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) p
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) glisten (c) aisle (d) listen
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) t
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) w (c) t (d) k
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
12. 12.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) knit (c) knee (d) wrist
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) calm (c) fasten (d) listen
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) knit (c) knife (d) climb
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) p
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) calm (c) knit (d) wrist
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) doubt (c) knot (d) talk
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) t (c) p (d) g
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) doubt (c) folk (d) comb
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) b
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) answer (c) wrist (d) debt
39. 39.🔤 Does saying word endings 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 “examination”?

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