Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 361 · 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 “gesture”?
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) k (c) l (d) g
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
6. 6.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) p
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) l
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) hour (c) debt (d) lamb
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) reign (b) knob (c) honest (d) two
11. 11.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) doubt (c) sword (d) sign
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
16. 16.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) g
18. 18.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) knee (c) half (d) two
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) foreign (c) lamb (d) sword
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) b (c) l (d) t
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) k (c) p (d) t
25. 25.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
28. 28.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) g
35. 35.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) t
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) debt (c) honest (d) knee
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) g
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) t
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace

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