Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 297 · 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 g? (a) answer (b) two (c) reign (d) knife
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) debt (c) knife (d) hour
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
4. 4.👅 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
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) k
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) aisle (b) climb (c) doubt (d) listen
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) p
11. 11.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent s? (a) raspberry (b) fasten (c) calm (d) aisle
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
18. 18.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) crumb (c) fasten (d) rhino
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
25. 25.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) s (b) g (c) k (d) l
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) listen (c) knee (d) island
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) knit (c) hour (d) knife
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) sign (c) raspberry (d) answer
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) g (c) t (d) b
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
35. 35.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
37. 37.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) t (b) b (c) g (d) p
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings

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