Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 406 · 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) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) b
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) b
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) yolk (c) sword (d) island
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) k (c) h (d) s
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) s (c) l (d) t
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
9. 9.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) write (c) knife (d) fasten
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) g
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) comb (c) wrap (d) castle
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
15. 15.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) crumb (c) glisten (d) debt
17. 17.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) b
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
21. 21.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) listen (c) calm (d) rhino
23. 23.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
24. 24.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) p
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) b
30. 30.Which word has a silent s? (a) walk (b) rhino (c) raspberry (d) aisle
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) half (b) cupboard (c) wrist (d) sword
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
34. 34.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) w
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) hour (c) island (d) reign
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) p
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) glisten (c) knot (d) yolk
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) two (c) knot (d) yolk

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