Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 159 · 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.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
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 checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) t
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) lamb (c) receipt (d) knot
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) g (c) h (d) b
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) knob (c) yolk (d) comb
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) l
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
15. 15.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) s (c) g (d) h
21. 21.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) s
23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) talk (c) calm (d) design
24. 24.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) half (c) island (d) crumb
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) calm (c) knob (d) yolk
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) p (b) t (c) h (d) k
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) raspberry (b) castle (c) talk (d) island
30. 30.Which word has a silent g? (a) write (b) sword (c) reign (d) raspberry
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
34. 34.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk 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) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) two (c) island (d) crumb
38. 38.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) comb (c) hour (d) palm
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) s

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