Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 442 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) s
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) t (b) g (c) k (d) h
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) knit (c) honest (d) comb
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) w (b) g (c) t (d) l
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) b (c) p (d) g
13. 13.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) aisle (c) receipt (d) wrist
14. 14.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) h (c) p (d) l
18. 18.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
20. 20.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
22. 22.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
24. 24.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) l
26. 26.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) t
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) foreign (c) walk (d) knee
32. 32.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) folk (b) write (c) design (d) glisten
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) b
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) doubt (c) sword (d) knob
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) write (c) knee (d) honest
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) calm (c) debt (d) answer
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
39. 39.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) crumb (c) yolk (d) glisten

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