Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 427 · 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 helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) h (b) p (c) b (d) l
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) s (c) l (d) h
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) k (c) s (d) l
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) comb (c) knob (d) answer
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) t
14. 14.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) t (c) g (d) k
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) fasten (c) knife (d) aisle
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) k
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) crumb (c) sword (d) half
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
22. 22.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) h
25. 25.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrist (b) knob (c) aisle (d) answer
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) h (c) w (d) k
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) p
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) knot (c) two (d) wrap
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) p
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) climb (c) palm (d) foreign
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
34. 34.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) p (c) b (d) g
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) aisle (c) knot (d) design
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) s
40. 40.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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