Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 394 · 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 “communication”?
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
4. 4.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) receipt (c) wrap (d) comb
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) b (c) g (d) p
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
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) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) l (b) w (c) h (d) b
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) g (c) p (d) h
15. 15.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
16. 16.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) knob (c) walk (d) two
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) doubt (b) raspberry (c) wrist (d) knob
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) answer (c) foreign (d) climb
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) island (b) glisten (c) knife (d) knit
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) w
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) fasten (c) island (d) knot
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) l
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) write (c) island (d) glisten
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) wrist (c) palm (d) write
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) receipt (c) folk (d) wrist
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) b
36. 36.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) p
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) p
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) sign (c) knot (d) climb
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) h (c) k (d) p

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