Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 149 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) castle (b) two (c) honest (d) island
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) fasten (c) half (d) knife
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) knee (b) aisle (c) palm (d) lamb
10. 10.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) debt (c) knife (d) doubt
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
16. 16.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) t
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) comb (c) knob (d) calm
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) g
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) folk (c) knot (d) wrist
27. 27.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) knot (c) comb (d) fasten
34. 34.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?

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