Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 309 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) w
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) two (c) palm (d) knit
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) wrist (c) climb (d) reign
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) b
7. 7.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) h (c) p (d) k
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) b
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) k
13. 13.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) island (d) write
14. 14.Which word has a silent p? (a) walk (b) foreign (c) design (d) raspberry
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) g (b) l (c) t (d) h
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) island (c) knee (d) hour
17. 17.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) reign (c) knee (d) aisle
18. 18.📖 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
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) s (c) g (d) t
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) w
23. 23.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) honest (c) sword (d) knob
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
25. 25.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
27. 27.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups 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 “listen”?
30. 30.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
35. 35.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
37. 37.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) l (c) p (d) h
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?

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