Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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