Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 270 · 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) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) calm (c) hour (d) listen
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) knife (c) aisle (d) knit
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) knife (c) raspberry (d) palm
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) talk (c) debt (d) cupboard
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) p (c) h (d) g
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
16. 16.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) castle (c) rhino (d) comb
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) receipt (c) debt (d) folk
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) l
23. 23.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
24. 24.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) g (c) s (d) w
28. 28.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) p
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
31. 31.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) doubt (c) fasten (d) wrap
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) k
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
36. 36.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
37. 37.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) p
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?

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