Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 291 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
3. 3.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) g (c) h (d) w
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) b (c) g (d) w
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) h
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) talk (c) wrap (d) honest
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) k
10. 10.👅 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
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) knife (c) sword (d) write
12. 12.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) k
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) rhino (c) lamb (d) knot
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) honest (c) cupboard (d) knob
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) glisten (c) knob (d) design
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) w
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) talk (b) climb (c) fasten (d) write
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) t (c) g (d) b
24. 24.Which word has a silent p? (a) half (b) comb (c) yolk (d) receipt
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) p (c) t (d) g
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) l
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) p
35. 35.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) lamb (b) knife (c) reign (d) comb
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

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