Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 301 · 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.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) hour (d) walk
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) h
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) wrap (c) island (d) listen
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) listen (c) cupboard (d) palm
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) knit (c) sign (d) palm
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) k
11. 11.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) s
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) t
18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) yolk (c) castle (d) crumb
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) hour (c) climb (d) knee
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) b (c) s (d) w
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) calm (c) write (d) fasten
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
25. 25.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) debt (c) honest (d) two
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) half (c) calm (d) sword
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) w
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) w
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) s
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) g
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) l (c) k (d) h
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) listen (c) half (d) foreign
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) t
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace

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