Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 412 · 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.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) write (c) knee (d) palm
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) comb (c) answer (d) fasten
7. 7.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) knot (c) answer (d) two
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) knot (c) sign (d) knife
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) two (c) wrap (d) yolk
11. 11.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent p? (a) folk (b) write (c) knot (d) raspberry
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) b (b) p (c) h (d) t
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
22. 22.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) s (c) l (d) k
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.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) l
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) w
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) knife (c) climb (d) lamb
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) knee (c) rhino (d) listen
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) b
32. 32.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
33. 33.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) k
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) listen (c) knob (d) sword
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) fasten (c) foreign (d) knife
38. 38.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) sword (c) receipt (d) knife
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) w

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