Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 446 · 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 “clear”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) knit (c) knife (d) folk
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) h (c) l (d) g
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) w
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
7. 7.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) sign (c) wrist (d) aisle
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) island (c) aisle (d) calm
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) p
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
22. 22.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) crumb (c) knife (d) knob
24. 24.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) t
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) walk (c) knot (d) climb
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
32. 32.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
34. 34.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) foreign (c) design (d) listen
35. 35.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) k (c) l (d) g
37. 37.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) l
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) b (c) h (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) p

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