Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 415 · 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 guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) g (c) b (d) t
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) doubt (c) write (d) calm
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) h
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) s (d) w
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) climb (c) honest (d) write
12. 12.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) s (c) h (d) w
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) calm (c) listen (d) fasten
18. 18.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) knit (c) write (d) doubt
23. 23.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) p
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
28. 28.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
29. 29.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) folk (c) foreign (d) knit
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) p
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) talk (b) listen (c) knife (d) answer
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) talk (c) wrist (d) crumb
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) reign (b) calm (c) hour (d) sword
40. 40.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it

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