Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 307 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) l (c) g (d) b
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) doubt (c) glisten (d) honest
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) talk (c) hour (d) sign
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) s
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
14. 14.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) castle (c) wrist (d) hour
15. 15.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) half (c) island (d) receipt
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
19. 19.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
21. 21.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) raspberry (c) knob (d) talk
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) design (c) aisle (d) foreign
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) wrap (c) write (d) raspberry
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
29. 29.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) k
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) l
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) talk (c) cupboard (d) design
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) cupboard (c) doubt (d) sword
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) climb (c) cupboard (d) lamb
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) l (c) s (d) h

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