Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 363 · 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 helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) wrist (c) rhino (d) debt
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) walk (c) knife (d) debt
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) write (c) knob (d) fasten
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) w
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) l (c) h (d) b
11. 11.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) h
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) p (c) h (d) w
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrap (b) answer (c) knit (d) doubt
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
20. 20.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) hour (c) knot (d) design
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) yolk (c) cupboard (d) crumb
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
24. 24.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) p
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) foreign (c) raspberry (d) knit
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) p (c) h (d) l
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) climb (c) rhino (d) yolk
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
32. 32.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) palm (c) half (d) wrap
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) w
35. 35.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) k (c) p (d) w
37. 37.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) b (c) p (d) l

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