Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 246 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
5. 5.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.👅 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
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
9. 9.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) reign (b) knife (c) two (d) hour
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) calm (c) knot (d) sign
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) l
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) t (b) p (c) l (d) k
17. 17.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) h
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
23. 23.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) debt (c) rhino (d) knot
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) h (c) s (d) t
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) knot (c) listen (d) crumb
29. 29.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) t
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) debt (c) aisle (d) calm
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) g (c) w (d) l
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) sword (c) lamb (d) walk
38. 38.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) hour (c) answer (d) knit
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) p
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) receipt (c) aisle (d) walk

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