Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 240 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) answer (c) knee (d) yolk
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) reign (c) half (d) aisle
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) k
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) crumb (c) rhino (d) knee
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) foreign (c) island (d) knob
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) l
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) w
15. 15.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) w
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) g
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) g
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
23. 23.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
24. 24.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) two (c) design (d) cupboard
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) g
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) b
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) b (c) g (d) w
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) h (c) k (d) t
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
35. 35.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
38. 38.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) knee (c) honest (d) two
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) foreign (c) talk (d) rhino

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