Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 220 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) fasten (c) cupboard (d) folk
4. 4.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) talk (c) lamb (d) knife
7. 7.Which word has a silent g? (a) calm (b) reign (c) doubt (d) castle
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) doubt (c) answer (d) hour
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) w
13. 13.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) climb (c) knee (d) calm
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) g (c) t (d) b
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) h (c) b (d) w
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) wrap (c) honest (d) hour
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) s
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) b
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) t (c) k (d) l
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
22. 22.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
24. 24.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) w
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) b
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) w
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) l
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
35. 35.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) l (c) t (d) k
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) comb (b) cupboard (c) aisle (d) climb
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) b (c) p (d) k
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) k

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