Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 228 · 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 dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
5. 5.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) p (c) s (d) l
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) g
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
12. 12.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
13. 13.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) doubt (c) sword (d) knife
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) yolk (c) write (d) climb
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) castle (c) listen (d) two
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) w
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) g
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) island (c) foreign (d) fasten
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) s
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) p (c) h (d) s
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) h
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) s (b) w (c) p (d) k
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
26. 26.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
31. 31.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) comb (c) receipt (d) fasten
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) answer (c) cupboard (d) wrap
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) w
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
36. 36.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) w (b) s (c) g (d) l
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) t
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) half (b) lamb (c) calm (d) aisle

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