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Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 277 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
  2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) l (c) b (d) p
  3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) h
  4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
  5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
  6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) b (b) s (c) k (d) w
  7. 7.Which word has a silent g? (a) folk (b) hour (c) sign (d) raspberry
  8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
  9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) k (b) l (c) w (d) b
  10. 10.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
  11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) raspberry (c) debt (d) rhino
  12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
  13. 13.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
  14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) raspberry (d) receipt
  15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
  16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
  17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
  18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
  19. 19.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
  20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
  21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) lamb (c) knot (d) calm
  22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) t
  23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) wrap (c) knit (d) fasten
  24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
  25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
  26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) palm (c) wrap (d) write
  27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) reign (c) island (d) crumb
  28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
  29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) sign (c) aisle (d) knee
  30. 30.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
  31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) answer (b) crumb (c) receipt (d) half
  32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) design (c) write (d) listen
  33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) g (c) l (d) t
  34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) b
  35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) h (c) b (d) w
  36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) s (c) k (d) l
  37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
  38. 38.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
  39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) listen (c) knife (d) sword
  40. 40.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

Answer key

  1. guessing a hard name
  2. l
  3. t
  4. 1
  5. saying word endings
  6. s
  7. sign
  8. helps clear speech
  9. b
  10. makes speech unclear
  11. debt
  12. 3
  13. ask and practise it
  14. knob
  15. helps clear speech
  16. helps clear speech
  17. 2
  18. 2
  19. makes speech unclear
  20. 4
  21. knot
  22. k
  23. knit
  24. rushing long words
  25. 1
  26. aisle
  27. crumb
  28. chewing gum as you talk
  29. knee
  30. warming up clear speech
  31. half
  32. write
  33. h
  34. k
  35. w
  36. k
  37. tongue twister warm-ups
  38. helps clear speech
  39. knife
  40. helps clear speech

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