Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 484 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) l
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
9. 9.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) p (d) l
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) yolk (c) crumb (d) raspberry
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) doubt (c) climb (d) knob
14. 14.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) island (c) honest (d) wrap
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) w
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) p
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) answer (c) sword (d) receipt
20. 20.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) sword (c) listen (d) calm
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) h (c) l (d) t
23. 23.👅 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
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) p (b) b (c) s (d) w
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) yolk (c) walk (d) knee
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) h
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) knit (b) knot (c) listen (d) island
29. 29.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) talk (c) knob (d) fasten
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) s
31. 31.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) palm (c) knit (d) sign
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) l
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) b
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) p

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