Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 420 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) g
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
6. 6.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) folk (b) crumb (c) island (d) two
8. 8.📖 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
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) palm (c) honest (d) comb
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) w (c) s (d) l
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) t
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) folk (b) receipt (c) glisten (d) write
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
23. 23.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) l (c) h (d) w
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) l
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) knit (c) honest (d) reign
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) k (b) t (c) p (d) s
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) foreign (c) receipt (d) knee
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) t
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) h
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) hour (c) doubt (d) castle
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) wrist (c) debt (d) talk
34. 34.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) h (c) b (d) w
37. 37.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
39. 39.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) w

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