Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 224 · 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.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) glisten (c) raspberry (d) island
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) two (c) comb (d) knee
5. 5.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) h (c) b (d) w
7. 7.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) w (b) p (c) h (d) g
9. 9.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
11. 11.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) h (c) l (d) k
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) foreign (c) climb (d) sign
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) sword (c) answer (d) receipt
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) s (b) g (c) w (d) b
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) listen (c) half (d) knob
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) knife (c) foreign (d) listen
26. 26.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) raspberry (c) knob (d) glisten
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) b
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) g (c) s (d) k
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) cupboard (c) folk (d) comb
37. 37.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) t
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) castle (b) answer (c) reign (d) half
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) talk (b) wrist (c) hour (d) sword

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