Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 359 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
2. 2.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
3. 3.👅 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
4. 4.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) b (c) h (d) p
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) k
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) l
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) b
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) talk (c) lamb (d) honest
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) l
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) b
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) sword (c) write (d) knife
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) knee (c) yolk (d) listen
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) p
22. 22.Which word has a silent h? (a) comb (b) lamb (c) rhino (d) walk
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) l
24. 24.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) two (c) debt (d) sign
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) p (c) b (d) k
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) crumb (c) sword (d) design
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) cupboard (c) aisle (d) hour
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) walk (c) cupboard (d) knife
34. 34.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) b (b) s (c) p (d) g
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) foreign (c) half (d) raspberry

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