Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 196 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
3. 3.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) calm (c) knob (d) knife
4. 4.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) l
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) hour (b) folk (c) honest (d) climb
7. 7.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
11. 11.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
12. 12.📖 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
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) hour (c) foreign (d) island
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) w
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
22. 22.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) p
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) p (c) b (d) g
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) b
26. 26.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) design (c) knee (d) calm
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) s
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) debt (c) knife (d) castle
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
34. 34.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) crumb (c) knee (d) receipt
38. 38.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) sword (c) fasten (d) wrist
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) yolk (b) doubt (c) honest (d) knob

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