Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 467 · 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.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) s
4. 4.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) comb (c) castle (d) raspberry
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) palm (c) crumb (d) doubt
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) h
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) l (b) b (c) p (d) h
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
21. 21.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) calm (c) comb (d) glisten
23. 23.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) knit (b) knot (c) island (d) glisten
26. 26.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
29. 29.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) answer (c) calm (d) climb
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) lamb (c) knit (d) write
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) b
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) w
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) s
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) k (c) h (d) b

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