Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 434 · 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) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) g (c) p (d) k
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) h
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) k (c) l (d) p
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) foreign (c) talk (d) debt
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) b (c) p (d) l
10. 10.👅 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
11. 11.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
13. 13.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) raspberry (c) calm (d) rhino
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) g
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) honest (b) wrap (c) foreign (d) raspberry
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) wrist (c) knot (d) debt
23. 23.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) g
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) l (c) t (d) h
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) h (c) s (d) w
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) h (c) p (d) w
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) comb (c) design (d) aisle
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) k
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) two (c) raspberry (d) half
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) doubt (b) folk (c) design (d) lamb
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) b
38. 38.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?

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