Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 241 · 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 opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
3. 3.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) wrap (c) knot (d) crumb
5. 5.🔤 Does a steady pace 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) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) w
8. 8.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) doubt (c) listen (d) write
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) l
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) folk (c) island (d) write
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) g
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) p
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) g
16. 16.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) castle (b) knife (c) yolk (d) answer
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) knee (c) talk (d) folk
21. 21.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) k
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
26. 26.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) wrap (c) receipt (d) palm
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) s (b) b (c) k (d) g
30. 30.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) s
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) b (c) h (d) g
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
35. 35.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) honest (c) sign (d) walk
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) k (c) h (d) b
40. 40.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing

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