Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 182 · 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) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps 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 consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) w
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) p (c) k (d) b
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) comb (c) knee (d) castle
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) g (c) b (d) w
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) island (c) talk (d) glisten
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) sign (c) doubt (d) sword
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) l (c) k (d) b
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) l
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) walk (c) knit (d) design
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) h
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) folk (c) fasten (d) aisle
33. 33.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) t
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) island (c) calm (d) sword
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) b
38. 38.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) hour (c) comb (d) wrap
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) s (c) w (d) b
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) sign (c) castle (d) knob

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