Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 205 · 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) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
2. 2.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) island (c) comb (d) two
3. 3.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) s (d) g
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) honest (c) fasten (d) knob
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) s
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) comb (c) hour (d) foreign
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) g
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) p
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) debt (c) cupboard (d) doubt
18. 18.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) folk (c) knob (d) comb
22. 22.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) raspberry (c) castle (d) answer
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) g
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) h
28. 28.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
29. 29.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) calm (b) doubt (c) glisten (d) raspberry
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) h
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) rhino (c) sign (d) cupboard
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) s (b) l (c) t (d) p
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
38. 38.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) honest (c) lamb (d) sword
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words

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