Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 245 · 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 chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) l
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) t
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) cupboard (c) crumb (d) wrap
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) honest (c) climb (d) calm
10. 10.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) half (c) knee (d) hour
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) k
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) p (c) b (d) s
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) knot (c) palm (d) rhino
16. 16.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) g
19. 19.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) raspberry (c) island (d) knee
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) t
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) doubt (b) write (c) calm (d) wrap
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
27. 27.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) hour (c) two (d) glisten
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) half (c) answer (d) sign
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) rhino (c) wrist (d) knee
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) l
32. 32.Which word has a silent s? (a) knot (b) knit (c) aisle (d) two
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) s (c) l (d) b
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) t
35. 35.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
39. 39.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush

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