Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 219 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) p
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.👅 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
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) receipt (c) raspberry (d) sign
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) k
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
10. 10.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) answer (c) wrist (d) sword
14. 14.🔤 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
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) sword (c) comb (d) aisle
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) answer (b) design (c) knot (d) half
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) comb (c) raspberry (d) fasten
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrap (b) yolk (c) raspberry (d) sword
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) foreign (c) palm (d) sword
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) b
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) wrist (c) half (d) honest
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 word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) rhino (c) doubt (d) reign
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) t
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) l (b) h (c) s (d) k
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) knit (c) climb (d) sword
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) hour (b) listen (c) wrist (d) cupboard
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

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