Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 193 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) h
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) hour (c) yolk (d) fasten
6. 6.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) honest (c) walk (d) foreign
9. 9.🔤 Does checking names first 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) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) s (c) t (d) g
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) glisten (c) cupboard (d) knot
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) two (c) talk (d) yolk
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) k (b) t (c) g (d) p
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) foreign (c) knot (d) castle
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) wrap (c) castle (d) write
21. 21.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) g
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) s
24. 24.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) glisten (b) half (c) lamb (d) two
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) rhino (c) island (d) knot
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) p (c) b (d) h
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) h (c) b (d) k
36. 36.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) p
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) l (b) t (c) h (d) s

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