Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 377 · 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 “education”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
3. 3.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) t
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) comb (c) hour (d) sword
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) g (c) t (d) p
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) wrist (c) crumb (d) knot
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) w
14. 14.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
17. 17.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) foreign (c) walk (d) cupboard
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) s (c) g (d) w
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) g (c) w (d) k
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) h
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) p
26. 26.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
29. 29.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) walk (c) rhino (d) knee
32. 32.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) honest (c) sword (d) knife
33. 33.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) yolk (c) wrap (d) receipt
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) talk (c) castle (d) design
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) reign (c) knot (d) yolk
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) answer (c) design (d) talk
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

Free public speaking lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/public-speaking-for-kids