Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 433 · 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 “congratulations”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
4. 4.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) rhino (b) castle (c) debt (d) knob
7. 7.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) climb (c) honest (d) receipt
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) w
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) knob (c) cupboard (d) sign
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) h (c) g (d) l
15. 15.Which word has a silent p? (a) listen (b) wrist (c) design (d) raspberry
16. 16.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) debt (c) palm (d) foreign
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) l
22. 22.📖 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
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) l
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) doubt (b) knit (c) write (d) crumb
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) island (c) sign (d) glisten
27. 27.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) w
29. 29.Which word has a silent p? (a) castle (b) cupboard (c) rhino (d) island
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) answer (c) half (d) lamb
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) knob (c) receipt (d) two
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) w
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
35. 35.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
37. 37.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
38. 38.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) p

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