Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 316 · 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) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) l
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) t
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) b
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) s (c) t (d) h
7. 7.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) castle (c) receipt (d) write
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) g
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) k
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) l
13. 13.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) lamb (c) knife (d) honest
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) design (c) knob (d) half
21. 21.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) k
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) receipt (c) doubt (d) foreign
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) p
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) aisle (c) climb (d) sword
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
31. 31.Which word has a silent g? (a) answer (b) listen (c) write (d) design
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) castle (b) honest (c) sign (d) wrist
33. 33.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
36. 36.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) h (c) g (d) w
38. 38.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) k

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