Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 416 · 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) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) knit (c) rhino (d) folk
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) k (c) g (d) t
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) foreign (c) rhino (d) listen
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) s (c) p (d) k
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) comb (c) foreign (d) cupboard
12. 12.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
15. 15.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent t? (a) receipt (b) fasten (c) palm (d) knee
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) g (c) l (d) p
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) t
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) w (c) b (d) g
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) b
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) l
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) two (c) wrist (d) design
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) yolk (c) climb (d) castle
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) t (c) w (d) p
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) raspberry (b) honest (c) reign (d) half
37. 37.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
38. 38.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) sword (c) calm (d) castle
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) castle (c) debt (d) climb

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