Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 364 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
2. 2.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) p
4. 4.Which word has a silent s? (a) fasten (b) doubt (c) island (d) talk
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
6. 6.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) b
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) receipt (b) honest (c) lamb (d) write
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) g
15. 15.Which word has a silent h? (a) folk (b) doubt (c) rhino (d) knee
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) w (c) t (d) s
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) answer (c) cupboard (d) knee
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) t
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) l
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) honest (c) foreign (d) knob
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) p
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) w (c) t (d) s
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
28. 28.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) knit (c) castle (d) wrist
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) w
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) h (c) s (d) k
33. 33.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
35. 35.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) p (c) w (d) g
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) knob (c) raspberry (d) palm

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