Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 143 · 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) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) hour (c) reign (d) lamb
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) p (c) b (d) w
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) sword (c) doubt (d) knee
9. 9.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
11. 11.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) knob (c) write (d) honest
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) foreign (c) two (d) yolk
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) b
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
18. 18.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) climb (c) listen (d) raspberry
19. 19.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
22. 22.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) l
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) g (c) h (d) t
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) k
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) sign (c) sword (d) aisle
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) t
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) l
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent t? (a) comb (b) knife (c) glisten (d) sword
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) w
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) cupboard (c) folk (d) crumb
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) b
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) hour (c) calm (d) knit
39. 39.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) castle (b) aisle (c) climb (d) knife

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