Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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