Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 258 · 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 saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) b
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) folk (c) comb (d) two
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) p
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) h
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) comb (c) calm (d) glisten
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) g
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) w
14. 14.Which word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) knife (c) honest (d) receipt
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) s (c) p (d) w
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) h
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) crumb (c) debt (d) cupboard
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) knob (c) knit (d) design
23. 23.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) k (c) h (d) l
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) knit (c) island (d) sword
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) knob (c) palm (d) raspberry
27. 27.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) p (c) l (d) w
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) island (c) knife (d) castle
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
31. 31.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
34. 34.📖 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
35. 35.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
39. 39.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) p (c) s (d) h

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