Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 295 · 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 w? (a) listen (b) lamb (c) doubt (d) sword
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
3. 3.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) g
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
9. 9.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) l (c) t (d) s
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) folk (c) knob (d) glisten
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) knife (c) aisle (d) debt
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) l (b) t (c) b (d) h
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) p
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) w
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) knife (c) foreign (d) palm
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) g (c) w (d) k
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) k
29. 29.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) g
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) reign (b) receipt (c) answer (d) sword
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) t
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) p (c) h (d) l
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) foreign (b) talk (c) folk (d) aisle
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) t
39. 39.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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