Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 260 · 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 guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) b
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) glisten (c) honest (d) foreign
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) t (c) h (d) s
7. 7.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) b
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) hour (c) castle (d) two
10. 10.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) raspberry (c) knot (d) wrap
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
14. 14.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) wrist (c) honest (d) aisle
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) knit (c) glisten (d) aisle
16. 16.Which word has a silent s? (a) knit (b) island (c) two (d) fasten
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) s
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) k (c) l (d) g
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) t
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) b (c) w (d) h
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
26. 26.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) knob (c) debt (d) calm
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) receipt (c) wrap (d) honest
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) foreign (c) lamb (d) rhino
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words 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 “stage”?
39. 39.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?

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