Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 370 · 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 clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) s (c) t (d) h
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) knife (b) hour (c) glisten (d) castle
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) lamb (c) knot (d) receipt
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) p
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) b
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) lamb (c) knife (d) hour
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) folk (c) receipt (d) knee
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) k
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) l (c) s (d) g
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) answer (b) sign (c) receipt (d) rhino
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) l
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) k (c) h (d) b
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) l
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) h (c) s (d) l
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) g (c) p (d) b
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
33. 33.Which word has a silent p? (a) sword (b) write (c) reign (d) cupboard
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) l
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) sign (c) comb (d) calm
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) g (c) b (d) h
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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