Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 460 · 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 clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
2. 2.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) h
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) p (c) h (d) t
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) w
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
7. 7.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) foreign (c) knit (d) walk
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
11. 11.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) debt (c) foreign (d) rhino
12. 12.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) write (c) receipt (d) knit
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) fasten (c) knot (d) doubt
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) cupboard (c) folk (d) foreign
17. 17.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) h (c) b (d) t
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) yolk (b) write (c) knife (d) island
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) debt (c) yolk (d) listen
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) t (c) k (d) w
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) palm (c) knob (d) doubt
25. 25.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) folk (b) reign (c) aisle (d) castle
33. 33.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) g (c) l (d) t
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) k (c) s (d) h
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) s
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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