Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 272 · 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 “speaker”?
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) s
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) climb (c) knife (d) folk
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) s
8. 8.📖 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) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) k
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) comb (c) knot (d) wrap
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) castle (c) knee (d) two
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) w
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) s (c) l (d) g
20. 20.Which word has a silent h? (a) receipt (b) knot (c) wrap (d) hour
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) sword (c) fasten (d) lamb
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
27. 27.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) knife (c) doubt (d) wrist
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) l (c) p (d) b
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) calm (c) write (d) folk
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) yolk (b) aisle (c) palm (d) receipt
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) p
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) knob (c) calm (d) rhino
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) t (b) g (c) k (d) b
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) s
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings

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