Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 379 · 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) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) w
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) s (b) l (c) b (d) w
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) doubt (c) castle (d) write
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) p (c) t (d) k
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) g
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) p (c) g (d) b
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) comb (c) knife (d) yolk
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) half (c) lamb (d) write
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) p (b) s (c) l (d) w
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) design (c) crumb (d) write
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) g (b) h (c) p (d) w
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
17. 17.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) s
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) h
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) yolk (c) wrist (d) fasten
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
26. 26.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
28. 28.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) t (c) k (d) w
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) t (b) g (c) b (d) l
31. 31.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) s
34. 34.🔤 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
35. 35.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
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) calm (c) wrap (d) climb
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) w
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth

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