Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 282 · 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 “teacher”?
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) glisten (c) walk (d) foreign
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) p
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) k
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) k (c) g (d) w
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) cupboard (c) write (d) climb
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) reign (b) climb (c) hour (d) walk
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) h (c) l (d) b
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
14. 14.📖 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
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) folk (b) cupboard (c) design (d) crumb
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
18. 18.Which word has a silent h? (a) palm (b) fasten (c) two (d) honest
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) aisle (c) folk (d) glisten
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) p
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) half (c) listen (d) knob
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
24. 24.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) k
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) yolk (c) knife (d) receipt
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
28. 28.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) palm (c) doubt (d) knot
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) knot (c) answer (d) talk
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) p (c) k (d) h
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
39. 39.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) wrist (c) design (d) rhino

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