Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 139 · 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 word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) wrist (c) knee (d) climb
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) crumb (c) knot (d) two
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
7. 7.Which word has a silent p? (a) aisle (b) half (c) glisten (d) receipt
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) reign (b) island (c) honest (d) two
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) h (b) t (c) g (d) k
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
14. 14.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) two (c) hour (d) aisle
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) g
18. 18.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
20. 20.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) wrist (c) lamb (d) knob
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) write (c) glisten (d) raspberry
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) b
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) g (c) h (d) k
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) p
30. 30.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) knob (c) folk (d) doubt
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) knit (c) calm (d) walk
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
35. 35.👅 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
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) b
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
40. 40.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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