Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 432 · 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) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) receipt (b) sword (c) two (d) yolk
5. 5.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) h
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) knit (b) honest (c) island (d) palm
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) wrist (c) raspberry (d) lamb
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) lamb (c) castle (d) knob
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrap (b) raspberry (c) cupboard (d) calm
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) answer (c) climb (d) cupboard
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) g
21. 21.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which word has a silent h? (a) reign (b) knit (c) knot (d) rhino
23. 23.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) climb (b) knot (c) listen (d) wrist
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
28. 28.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) t (c) h (d) k
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) g
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) h
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) comb (b) lamb (c) walk (d) raspberry
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) s (c) g (d) h
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) talk (c) calm (d) knee
40. 40.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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