Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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