Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 356 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) s (c) g (d) b
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) t
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) p
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
8. 8.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) h
11. 11.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) l (c) p (d) t
14. 14.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent t? (a) crumb (b) raspberry (c) listen (d) wrap
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) half (c) hour (d) aisle
18. 18.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
21. 21.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) cupboard (c) aisle (d) crumb
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
24. 24.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) wrap (c) walk (d) knot
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) design (c) comb (d) talk
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) k
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) debt (c) fasten (d) sign
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) t (c) g (d) l
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) b
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) l (c) b (d) h
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) g
39. 39.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?

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