Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 459 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
2. 2.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) h
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
6. 6.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) k
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) castle (b) island (c) crumb (d) knob
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) castle (c) knob (d) answer
11. 11.Which word has a silent l? (a) knit (b) talk (c) answer (d) knee
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) climb (c) debt (d) hour
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) t
18. 18.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) s
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) p
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) knot (b) aisle (c) comb (d) climb
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) knob (c) wrap (d) sign
27. 27.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) t
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) s
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) g
34. 34.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) b
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) l
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
40. 40.Which word has a silent g? (a) knee (b) raspberry (c) reign (d) castle

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