Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 447 · 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 “practice”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) hour (c) island (d) knob
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) comb (c) receipt (d) answer
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) b (c) p (d) w
6. 6.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) talk (c) doubt (d) yolk
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) k (b) b (c) g (d) w
14. 14.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) climb (c) glisten (d) two
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) w
18. 18.🔤 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
19. 19.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) rhino (c) wrap (d) hour
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) l
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) s
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) knot (b) knee (c) design (d) aisle
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) lamb (c) rhino (d) knit
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) h
31. 31.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) b
33. 33.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
35. 35.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) h (c) s (d) k

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