Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 191 · 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 covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) b (c) l (d) w
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.🔤 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
10. 10.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) comb (c) receipt (d) sword
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
15. 15.🔤 Does breaking long words up 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 “voice”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) receipt (c) knee (d) foreign
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) s (c) g (d) w
19. 19.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) doubt (c) hour (d) walk
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) g (c) l (d) w
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) listen (b) walk (c) reign (d) island
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) p
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) h (c) l (d) s
24. 24.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) t
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.📖 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
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) s (c) w (d) g
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) climb (c) knot (d) yolk
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) comb (c) wrist (d) calm
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) s
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) write (c) climb (d) design
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) g

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