Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 269 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) w
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) raspberry (c) knife (d) wrist
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) t (b) h (c) g (d) s
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
9. 9.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
11. 11.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) k
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
16. 16.👅 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
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) folk (c) debt (d) hour
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) calm (b) island (c) reign (d) debt
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) doubt (b) foreign (c) debt (d) raspberry
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) b
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) honest (c) aisle (d) answer
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) b (c) w (d) t
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) t
31. 31.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) l (c) b (d) t
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) l
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) b
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrap (b) knot (c) receipt (d) comb
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) yolk (c) knob (d) crumb
38. 38.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) knot (c) glisten (d) crumb
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) g (c) w (d) k
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) l

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