Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 238 · 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 breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) s (c) l (d) h
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) castle (b) foreign (c) half (d) answer
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) g (c) t (d) b
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
13. 13.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) doubt (c) two (d) knot
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) p
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) yolk (c) debt (d) answer
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) knit (b) doubt (c) rhino (d) sword
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) l
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) g
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) knee (c) half (d) aisle
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
26. 26.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) doubt (c) reign (d) palm
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
29. 29.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) castle (c) sign (d) walk
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) p (c) h (d) w
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) island (b) raspberry (c) two (d) folk
33. 33.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) k
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) knob (c) listen (d) cupboard
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) h
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress

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