Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 268 · 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 “pronunciation”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) write (c) knot (d) aisle
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) w
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
10. 10.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) s (c) p (d) t
14. 14.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) k
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) b
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) knit (c) castle (d) debt
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) p (c) t (d) b
20. 20.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) t
23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) wrap (c) knit (d) doubt
24. 24.Which word has a silent p? (a) doubt (b) folk (c) foreign (d) cupboard
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) crumb (c) wrap (d) fasten
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) w
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) knife (c) sword (d) honest
29. 29.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
33. 33.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) debt (c) receipt (d) yolk
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) k
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) foreign (b) hour (c) fasten (d) island
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) palm (c) foreign (d) listen
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) s (c) l (d) w

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