Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 189 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) answer (b) crumb (c) knit (d) raspberry
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
8. 8.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) debt (c) half (d) knife
9. 9.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) k (c) g (d) s
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) lamb (c) comb (d) fasten
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) doubt (c) knob (d) yolk
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) walk (c) honest (d) wrap
16. 16.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) debt (c) lamb (d) palm
17. 17.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) p
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) write (b) design (c) sign (d) half
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) h (c) b (d) k
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) k
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) b
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) calm (c) foreign (d) raspberry
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) crumb (c) knob (d) doubt
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) w (c) b (d) h
29. 29.📖 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
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) g
31. 31.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) b
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) fasten (c) knot (d) yolk
36. 36.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) calm (c) design (d) listen
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) rhino (c) half (d) climb

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