Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 183 · 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 breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) k
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👅 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
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) b
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) folk (c) knee (d) listen
11. 11.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) island (c) cupboard (d) knit
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) b
13. 13.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) palm (c) island (d) reign
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
15. 15.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) b
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) debt (c) knot (d) answer
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) s (c) h (d) p
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent h? (a) lamb (b) rhino (c) talk (d) folk
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) s
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) g
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) t
26. 26.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
30. 30.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) wrap (c) comb (d) cupboard
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) wrist (c) doubt (d) comb
36. 36.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) listen (c) raspberry (d) calm
39. 39.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) talk (c) knob (d) debt

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