Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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