Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 486 · 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) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
2. 2.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🔤 Does rushing long words 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 “speaker”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) p
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) k
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) k (c) g (d) p
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
12. 12.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) t (b) p (c) l (d) k
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) g (c) k (d) t
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) b
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) p (c) w (d) s
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) w
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) h
22. 22.📖 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
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) p (d) w
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) half (b) aisle (c) doubt (d) island
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) g
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) write (c) knob (d) sword
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) k
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
32. 32.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest 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 “voice”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) wrist (c) castle (d) calm
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) l
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) doubt (c) island (d) sign
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) k (c) l (d) h
39. 39.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?

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