Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 265 · 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.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) write (c) doubt (d) castle
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
5. 5.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) fasten (c) talk (d) write
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) s
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
11. 11.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) w
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) w
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) h (c) g (d) t
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) debt (c) wrist (d) rhino
16. 16.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) g (c) l (d) k
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) b
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) knee (b) island (c) knit (d) sword
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) knife (c) comb (d) lamb
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) receipt (c) half (d) honest
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) h
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) knee (c) two (d) write
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
34. 34.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) h
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) b
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) hour (b) wrist (c) folk (d) crumb

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