Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 256 · 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 tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
5. 5.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
7. 7.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) climb (c) cupboard (d) raspberry
10. 10.🔤 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
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) sword (c) yolk (d) crumb
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) wrist (c) knife (d) debt
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) k
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
18. 18.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) sword (b) aisle (c) yolk (d) honest
20. 20.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
22. 22.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) s
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) g (c) t (d) l
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) castle (c) raspberry (d) hour
31. 31.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) h
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) foreign (c) answer (d) knife
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
35. 35.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) reign (c) rhino (d) calm
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) folk (b) glisten (c) yolk (d) knife
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?

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