Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 252 · 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 opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) honest (c) wrap (d) sword
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) hour (c) crumb (d) half
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) crumb (b) knit (c) calm (d) island
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) l (c) t (d) h
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) b
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) cupboard (c) write (d) walk
14. 14.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) t
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) w
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) s
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) h
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) p
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) g
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) b (c) w (d) k
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
34. 34.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) l (c) t (d) h
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) w (b) g (c) l (d) b
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) h
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) b
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name

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