Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 421 · 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) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) comb (c) answer (d) aisle
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) l (c) w (d) p
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) p (c) k (d) b
8. 8.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) folk (c) cupboard (d) fasten
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) yolk (c) foreign (d) wrap
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) h
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) p
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) s (c) p (d) w
16. 16.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) half (c) yolk (d) island
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) cupboard (b) doubt (c) knob (d) folk
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) w
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) s
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) reign (c) knob (d) cupboard
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) k
27. 27.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) h
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) aisle (b) listen (c) calm (d) knee
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) p (c) h (d) s
31. 31.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) debt (c) rhino (d) castle
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) answer (c) foreign (d) knee
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) s
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) s
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) s (c) t (d) g
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
40. 40.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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