Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 249 · 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 “slogan”?
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) w (c) b (d) k
4. 4.Which word has a silent s? (a) receipt (b) glisten (c) island (d) debt
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) p
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) s (b) t (c) k (d) w
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) h
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) t
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) p
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) w (c) p (d) l
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
18. 18.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
19. 19.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) l
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
24. 24.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) folk (b) sign (c) sword (d) wrap
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) wrap (c) comb (d) cupboard
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
29. 29.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) reign (c) yolk (d) knit
30. 30.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) s (c) b (d) p
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) k
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) p (c) g (d) w
35. 35.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) w
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) l
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) glisten (c) sword (d) knot
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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