Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 190 · 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 helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
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 rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) wrist (c) comb (d) hour
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) b
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) t (b) h (c) k (d) l
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) climb (c) wrap (d) receipt
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) l
14. 14.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) g
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) g
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
18. 18.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) k
22. 22.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) p (c) t (d) l
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) folk (b) foreign (c) knee (d) answer
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) talk (c) knee (d) knife
27. 27.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) talk (c) climb (d) wrap
29. 29.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) climb (c) knife (d) comb
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) cupboard (c) debt (d) reign
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) castle (c) honest (d) fasten
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) s (c) k (d) b
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) t (c) h (d) b
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) talk (c) two (d) sign

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