Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 259 · 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 “together”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) design (c) honest (d) lamb
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) g
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
6. 6.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
8. 8.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) p
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) aisle (b) two (c) raspberry (d) foreign
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) t (c) g (d) s
13. 13.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
16. 16.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) hour (c) two (d) lamb
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 k? (a) glisten (b) knee (c) castle (d) raspberry
20. 20.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) w
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) p
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) w (c) h (d) p
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) comb (c) doubt (d) glisten
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
28. 28.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) honest (c) knife (d) receipt
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) b
37. 37.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) h
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) h

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