Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 404 · 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) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) write (c) knob (d) listen
3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) sword (c) palm (d) cupboard
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) design (b) crumb (c) knot (d) sign
7. 7.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) crumb (c) knife (d) aisle
9. 9.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) rhino (c) knit (d) design
10. 10.📖 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
11. 11.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) doubt (c) yolk (d) aisle
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) t
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) l
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) w
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) p
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) h (b) g (c) s (d) w
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) k
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) talk (c) cupboard (d) knit
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) honest (c) cupboard (d) answer
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) l
32. 32.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) w (c) t (d) h
34. 34.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

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