Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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