Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 204 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
2. 2.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) glisten (c) sword (d) climb
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) reign (c) calm (d) knob
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) sign (c) honest (d) knot
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) sign (b) glisten (c) receipt (d) honest
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 rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent s? (a) design (b) debt (c) yolk (d) aisle
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) w
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) t (b) g (c) k (d) h
18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) walk (c) answer (d) knot
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) w
20. 20.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
21. 21.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) fasten (c) crumb (d) hour
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) w
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
31. 31.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) p
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) folk (b) reign (c) two (d) comb
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
37. 37.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) t
39. 39.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) honest (c) knot (d) knife

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