Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 325 · 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 “debt”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) b
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) k
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) p
6. 6.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.👅 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
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) l (c) g (d) h
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) reign (c) hour (d) listen
13. 13.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
15. 15.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) hour (c) knit (d) two
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) two (c) write (d) talk
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) cupboard (c) design (d) write
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) knit (c) wrap (d) raspberry
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) wrap (d) calm
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
32. 32.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) palm (b) island (c) hour (d) half
35. 35.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) calm (c) design (d) wrist
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) p (c) h (d) t
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) g
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name

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