Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 425 · 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 “clear”?
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) t
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
6. 6.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) h (c) b (d) w
9. 9.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
11. 11.Which word has a silent t? (a) yolk (b) castle (c) palm (d) knob
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) k
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) s (c) h (d) k
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) k (c) p (d) l
17. 17.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) design (c) reign (d) aisle
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) h (c) b (d) l
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) s
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) t (b) l (c) p (d) s
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) castle (c) sign (d) knife
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) k
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) castle (c) honest (d) receipt
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) s
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) s
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) b
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) t
38. 38.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

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