Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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