Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 41 · 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) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) knit (c) crumb (d) wrap
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) l
5. 5.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) g
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) b
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
10. 10.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) fasten (c) receipt (d) wrist
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) folk (c) castle (d) knit
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) p (b) g (c) w (d) l
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) b
20. 20.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) l
25. 25.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) k
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
28. 28.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) k
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) s (c) b (d) l
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) design (b) crumb (c) aisle (d) palm
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) listen (b) comb (c) design (d) crumb
35. 35.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) doubt (c) yolk (d) wrist
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) answer (c) design (d) debt
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth

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