Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 326 · 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 “talk”? (a) b (b) l (c) p (d) w
2. 2.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
6. 6.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) p (c) t (d) s
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) lamb (c) receipt (d) glisten
9. 9.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) listen (c) foreign (d) yolk
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) s (c) b (d) l
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
16. 16.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) g (c) h (d) k
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) wrap (c) glisten (d) sword
22. 22.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
25. 25.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) g
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
30. 30.📖 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
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) g
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) w
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) g (c) b (d) k
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) t
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) l
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) talk (c) sign (d) comb

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