Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 4 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) t (b) p (c) b (d) g
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) s
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
8. 8.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) answer (c) two (d) glisten
10. 10.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) g
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) l
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
17. 17.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) k
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) g (c) l (d) k
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) folk (c) lamb (d) knee
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) k (b) b (c) s (d) h
23. 23.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) k
26. 26.🔤 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
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
29. 29.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) h
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) walk (c) knee (d) crumb
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) g (c) s (d) k
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?

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