Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 153 · 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.📖 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
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) h (c) l (d) b
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) receipt (c) debt (d) reign
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) s (c) h (d) l
8. 8.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) calm (c) wrist (d) island
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) s
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) g (c) w (d) k
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) palm (b) climb (c) honest (d) yolk
14. 14.🔤 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
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) rhino (c) foreign (d) receipt
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) foreign (b) knob (c) comb (d) fasten
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) sign (b) crumb (c) island (d) answer
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 “two”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) g
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) h
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) reign (c) listen (d) cupboard
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) b
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) reign (c) answer (d) walk
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
34. 34.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) design (c) doubt (d) comb
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
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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