Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 436 · 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 “information”?
2. 2.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) w
4. 4.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) crumb (c) walk (d) listen
6. 6.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) w
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) g
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) l
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) aisle (c) two (d) glisten
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) palm (c) cupboard (d) debt
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) t
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
26. 26.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) hour (c) folk (d) receipt
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) knit (c) comb (d) folk
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) p
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) sword (c) yolk (d) wrist
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) write (c) knee (d) lamb
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) h (c) p (d) w
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
39. 39.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) crumb (c) honest (d) knife

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