Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 251 · 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 “education”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent h? (a) reign (b) rhino (c) cupboard (d) talk
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) h (c) g (d) b
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.Which word has a silent l? (a) debt (b) calm (c) knit (d) knee
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
13. 13.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) h (c) b (d) w
15. 15.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) b
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) fasten (c) half (d) debt
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) knee (c) debt (d) palm
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) p (c) t (d) k
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) w
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
24. 24.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
25. 25.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) debt (c) walk (d) reign
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) p
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) t (c) s (d) g
32. 32.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) aisle (c) wrap (d) sign
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) w
34. 34.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) g (c) w (d) t
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) g

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