Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 475 · 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) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
2. 2.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) island (c) calm (d) knit
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) listen (c) write (d) sword
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) glisten (b) cupboard (c) doubt (d) wrist
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) b (c) p (d) w
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) k
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) yolk (b) glisten (c) hour (d) receipt
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) comb (c) knee (d) calm
17. 17.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) reign (c) fasten (d) knee
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) k
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) w
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🔤 Does saying word endings 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 “practice”?
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) castle (b) write (c) design (d) knit
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) s
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) s
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) sign (c) write (d) calm
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) crumb (c) folk (d) knit
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
35. 35.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) p
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) sign (c) honest (d) comb
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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