Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 398 · 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 helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) l
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) g (c) k (d) b
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
11. 11.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) lamb (c) half (d) write
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) s
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) s
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
16. 16.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) t
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) b
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
23. 23.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) knit (c) cupboard (d) yolk
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) l
26. 26.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) honest (c) write (d) lamb
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) s
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) yolk (c) island (d) climb
31. 31.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) palm (c) wrist (d) answer
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) l
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) h (c) p (d) s
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) design (c) knob (d) knot
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) lamb (c) fasten (d) knee
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrist (b) answer (c) yolk (d) hour
40. 40.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings

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