Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 192 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) b (c) w (d) k
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) h
4. 4.Which word has a silent s? (a) sign (b) honest (c) design (d) island
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) g
6. 6.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
12. 12.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) p (c) s (d) g
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) s
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) h
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) s (b) k (c) g (d) p
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) w (c) p (d) b
22. 22.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
24. 24.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) p (c) b (d) w
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) fasten (b) knot (c) hour (d) calm
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) g (c) k (d) b
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
31. 31.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) foreign (c) talk (d) debt
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) knob (c) aisle (d) honest
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) folk (c) rhino (d) comb
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) k
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) t

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