Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 355 · 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.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) s
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) g
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) g
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) t (c) h (d) w
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) b
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
9. 9.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) answer (d) half
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) w (c) t (d) k
13. 13.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) knob (c) talk (d) wrist
17. 17.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
20. 20.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) listen (c) calm (d) knob
23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) sword (c) talk (d) sign
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) palm (c) debt (d) sword
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) t
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) fasten (c) knee (d) foreign
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) walk (c) rhino (d) knife
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) g (c) w (d) l
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) w (b) l (c) g (d) p
31. 31.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) l
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) k
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) raspberry (c) debt (d) knee
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) k (c) t (d) b
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) h
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?

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