Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 458 · 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 chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
3. 3.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
5. 5.📖 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
6. 6.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) b
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) p (c) t (d) w
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) glisten (c) raspberry (d) rhino
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
18. 18.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) knife (c) glisten (d) raspberry
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) s
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) s
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) receipt (b) wrist (c) foreign (d) listen
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) wrap (c) rhino (d) knot
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) w
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) knee (c) knob (d) answer
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) t
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) l
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) p
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) t
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) p (b) s (c) w (d) g

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