Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 387 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) p
6. 6.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) sign (c) hour (d) raspberry
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
9. 9.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) p
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) raspberry (c) reign (d) knife
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) receipt (c) listen (d) folk
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) two (c) castle (d) crumb
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
23. 23.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) receipt (c) two (d) knee
26. 26.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
27. 27.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) aisle (c) knife (d) honest
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) l
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) calm (b) receipt (c) walk (d) glisten
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) k
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
35. 35.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) honest (c) listen (d) knee
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) p
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) h
39. 39.Which word has a silent s? (a) raspberry (b) knot (c) island (d) write
40. 40.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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