Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 174 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) g
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) receipt (c) crumb (d) knee
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) lamb (c) write (d) castle
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) walk (b) knife (c) knee (d) rhino
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) talk (c) knot (d) receipt
12. 12.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) two (c) knot (d) doubt
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) h
17. 17.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) sign (c) yolk (d) knot
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) k
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) wrap (c) hour (d) two
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
24. 24.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) s
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) half (c) design (d) honest
27. 27.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) walk (b) raspberry (c) glisten (d) honest
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) t
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) walk (c) reign (d) half
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) l
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) p
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
39. 39.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress

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