Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 419 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
4. 4.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) knee (c) raspberry (d) honest
6. 6.Which word has a silent p? (a) doubt (b) debt (c) comb (d) cupboard
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) walk (c) answer (d) calm
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) g
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) island (d) reign
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) t (b) g (c) w (d) k
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.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) t
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) k
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) s
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) g
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) w
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) knit (d) crumb
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
24. 24.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) knee (c) two (d) honest
30. 30.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) p (c) g (d) l
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) honest (c) write (d) crumb
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) b
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) t (c) h (d) l
39. 39.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?

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