Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 468 · 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) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) knife (c) answer (d) aisle
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
4. 4.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) two (b) yolk (c) talk (d) island
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) w
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) b (c) t (d) h
14. 14.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) h (c) p (d) g
16. 16.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) castle (b) reign (c) sword (d) glisten
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) g (c) k (d) b
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) hour (c) crumb (d) knife
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) wrist (c) debt (d) knot
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
26. 26.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) listen (b) write (c) palm (d) design
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) reign (b) cupboard (c) fasten (d) write
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) t (c) h (d) k
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) w
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) reign (c) comb (d) wrap
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) g (c) b (d) p
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
36. 36.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) h (b) k (c) s (d) w
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) b

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