Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 23 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) s
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) w
3. 3.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
6. 6.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) w
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) folk (c) raspberry (d) listen
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
13. 13.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) doubt (b) two (c) palm (d) foreign
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) h
17. 17.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) g
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) s
21. 21.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) g
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) aisle (c) sign (d) knee
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) k
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) l (c) h (d) k
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
31. 31.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) w
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) g
36. 36.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
39. 39.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?

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