Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 383 · 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 w? (a) castle (b) two (c) knee (d) comb
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) k
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) g (c) s (d) p
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) castle (c) calm (d) raspberry
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) castle (c) comb (d) wrist
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) talk (c) knee (d) doubt
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) answer (c) talk (d) reign
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) island (b) rhino (c) listen (d) wrap
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) s (c) l (d) t
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) knot (c) write (d) knee
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) p (c) l (d) w
34. 34.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) talk (c) answer (d) castle
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) hour (c) receipt (d) write
37. 37.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) k
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) write (c) knife (d) climb
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest

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