Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 141 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) h
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) crumb (b) listen (c) knee (d) honest
4. 4.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) w
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
7. 7.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) aisle (c) walk (d) talk
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
10. 10.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) b
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) knot (c) debt (d) sign
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) yolk (b) folk (c) rhino (d) listen
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) p (b) k (c) h (d) g
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) lamb (c) sword (d) knee
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) t (c) h (d) w
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) folk (c) climb (d) foreign
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) k (c) t (d) b
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) palm (c) cupboard (d) foreign
31. 31.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
33. 33.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
34. 34.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) sword (c) island (d) rhino
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) h (c) k (d) l
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) h (c) l (d) b
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) k (c) g (d) b
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace

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