Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 221 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) walk (b) climb (c) comb (d) reign
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) rhino (b) sign (c) aisle (d) lamb
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) h (c) g (d) b
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
10. 10.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) climb (c) honest (d) design
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 “mic”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) walk (c) knife (d) reign
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) b
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
19. 19.👅 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
20. 20.Which word has a silent p? (a) palm (b) yolk (c) fasten (d) raspberry
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) h
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
24. 24.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) comb (c) rhino (d) hour
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) debt (b) glisten (c) raspberry (d) half
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) g
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) answer (c) debt (d) hour
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) knit (c) folk (d) glisten
33. 33.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
35. 35.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) cupboard (c) talk (d) answer
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
38. 38.Which word has a silent p? (a) island (b) doubt (c) foreign (d) cupboard
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) t (b) s (c) w (d) l
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?

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