Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 452 · 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.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) comb (c) receipt (d) glisten
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) cupboard (c) lamb (d) honest
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) g
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) p (c) g (d) t
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) reign (b) sign (c) cupboard (d) aisle
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
12. 12.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) h (c) g (d) b
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) s (b) w (c) h (d) l
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) two (c) knee (d) debt
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) l
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) h
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) doubt (c) write (d) folk
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) two (c) climb (d) reign
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) castle (c) receipt (d) crumb
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) knot (c) cupboard (d) wrap
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent s? (a) folk (b) rhino (c) island (d) cupboard
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) fasten (c) knit (d) sword
38. 38.Which word has a silent p? (a) write (b) glisten (c) raspberry (d) reign
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?

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