Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 289 · 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 word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) cupboard (c) glisten (d) debt
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
6. 6.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) rhino (c) climb (d) knot
9. 9.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) lamb (c) honest (d) answer
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) listen (c) rhino (d) walk
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) t
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) g (c) h (d) p
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) l (c) b (d) h
20. 20.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) k
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) w
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) w
31. 31.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) knit (b) talk (c) wrist (d) knife
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) listen (c) write (d) aisle
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) p
35. 35.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) l (c) g (d) s
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?

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