Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 225 · 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 p? (a) two (b) talk (c) receipt (d) knife
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.👅 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
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
7. 7.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) knob (c) knot (d) palm
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) s
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
11. 11.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.📖 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
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) castle (c) wrap (d) talk
14. 14.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) p
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) k
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) write (c) reign (d) hour
27. 27.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) knob (c) lamb (d) receipt
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
31. 31.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) b
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) castle (c) doubt (d) foreign
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) h
37. 37.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) s
39. 39.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) wrist (c) island (d) knit

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