Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 142 · 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 helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) g (c) p (d) k
4. 4.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) foreign (c) hour (d) comb
6. 6.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) w
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) s
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) hour (c) debt (d) receipt
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) answer (c) rhino (d) write
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) w
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) h
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) island (c) hour (d) rhino
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
22. 22.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👅 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
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) comb (c) climb (d) two
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) h
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) p (c) t (d) l
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) knife (c) castle (d) doubt
31. 31.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) t (c) w (d) s
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) raspberry (c) walk (d) aisle
38. 38.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) l (c) g (d) h
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

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