Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 418 · 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 dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) hour (b) reign (c) design (d) knife
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) l
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) folk (b) reign (c) wrap (d) climb
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) two (c) knee (d) castle
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) h (b) s (c) k (d) b
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) h
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) k (b) l (c) s (d) t
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) knee (c) raspberry (d) knife
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) rhino (c) wrist (d) listen
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) rhino (c) climb (d) castle
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) doubt (b) walk (c) knob (d) knit
29. 29.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) t (b) g (c) l (d) b
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) knot (c) half (d) write
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) fasten (b) two (c) receipt (d) honest
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) knife (c) wrap (d) listen
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) debt (c) knife (d) raspberry
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) p

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