Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 208 · 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 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
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
3. 3.👅 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
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) climb (c) talk (d) knee
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
8. 8.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) t
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) l
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) p
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) s
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) l
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) wrap (c) rhino (d) sign
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) w
20. 20.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
24. 24.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) crumb (b) listen (c) knee (d) palm
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) s
27. 27.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) t
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) debt (c) write (d) half
31. 31.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups 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 “wrap”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) l
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) hour (c) palm (d) glisten
35. 35.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) l

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