Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 367 · 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 word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) reign (c) knit (d) rhino
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
3. 3.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
5. 5.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) l
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) l
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) write (b) foreign (c) comb (d) doubt
13. 13.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
16. 16.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) knit (c) receipt (d) comb
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) s (b) l (c) b (d) k
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) l (c) s (d) g
22. 22.👅 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
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) aisle (c) honest (d) design
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) g
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) t
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) g
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) honest (c) crumb (d) walk
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) b
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) g

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