Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 448 · 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.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
5. 5.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) p
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.Which word has a silent h? (a) palm (b) talk (c) rhino (d) wrap
14. 14.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) reign (c) sign (d) two
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) w (b) l (c) h (d) g
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) w
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) wrist (c) write (d) design
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) island (c) knot (d) folk
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
25. 25.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
27. 27.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) glisten (c) walk (d) debt
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) s
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) talk (c) fasten (d) reign
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) h (c) g (d) b
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) yolk (b) half (c) cupboard (d) aisle
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) l (c) p (d) w
38. 38.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) b
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?

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