Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 302 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) b (c) s (d) w
2. 2.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) s
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) b
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) knee (c) listen (d) aisle
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) write (b) talk (c) two (d) reign
12. 12.Which word has a silent t? (a) raspberry (b) castle (c) honest (d) knob
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) debt (c) half (d) knot
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) design (c) doubt (d) glisten
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) w
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) h
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) answer (c) receipt (d) debt
23. 23.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) w (c) b (d) s
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) l
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) climb (b) knit (c) folk (d) foreign
28. 28.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) b
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) hour (b) doubt (c) knob (d) sword
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) h
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) s (b) b (c) h (d) k
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) listen (c) walk (d) climb
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) knit (c) wrist (d) lamb
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
37. 37.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
40. 40.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) a good pause

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