Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 288 · 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 “clear”?
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) k
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
11. 11.👅 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
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) wrap (c) listen (d) walk
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
14. 14.🔤 Does checking names first 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 “important”?
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) t (c) h (d) k
23. 23.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) palm (c) honest (d) doubt
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
26. 26.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) l (c) h (d) s
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) t
31. 31.📖 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
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) l
33. 33.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) knife (c) two (d) calm
38. 38.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) two (c) climb (d) design
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) g
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?

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