Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 206 · 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.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) reign (c) walk (d) two
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) g
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
5. 5.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) reign (c) two (d) half
8. 8.📖 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
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) t
11. 11.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) p (c) h (d) b
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) p (b) k (c) t (d) h
17. 17.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) k (c) l (d) p
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) lamb (c) hour (d) sign
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) palm (c) knot (d) raspberry
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) l (c) b (d) t
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) reign (c) foreign (d) knife
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
29. 29.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) wrist (c) honest (d) lamb
32. 32.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) knife (c) doubt (d) walk
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) lamb (c) castle (d) wrist
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) wrist (c) crumb (d) design
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) b
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) k

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