Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 385 · 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 “stage”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
5. 5.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) k
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) receipt (c) island (d) wrist
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) b (c) t (d) k
10. 10.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) p (b) b (c) t (d) l
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) k
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (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.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) k
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) knife (c) write (d) castle
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) p (c) s (d) b
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) island (c) design (d) climb
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) g
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knee (c) foreign (d) hour
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
26. 26.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) p (b) g (c) b (d) s
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) b
30. 30.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) w
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
34. 34.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) crumb (c) foreign (d) sign
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
39. 39.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?

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