Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 324 · 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.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) h
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) p
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) p
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
17. 17.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) comb (c) rhino (d) honest
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) walk (c) rhino (d) lamb
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) knife (c) knob (d) fasten
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) k
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) island (c) write (d) raspberry
24. 24.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) k (c) p (d) s
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) talk (c) lamb (d) receipt
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) p
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) t (c) h (d) p
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) folk (c) listen (d) receipt
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) yolk (b) honest (c) sign (d) foreign
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) b
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) w
37. 37.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) climb (c) foreign (d) aisle
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) receipt (b) wrist (c) walk (d) cupboard

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