Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 490 · 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 tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) hour (c) sword (d) lamb
4. 4.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) lamb (b) foreign (c) folk (d) raspberry
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) h
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) lamb (c) knee (d) write
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
10. 10.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) p (c) g (d) t
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) w
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) t
15. 15.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) l
17. 17.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
19. 19.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) talk (c) design (d) half
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) t
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) reign (c) knot (d) raspberry
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) knit (c) answer (d) half
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) island (c) crumb (d) climb
26. 26.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
30. 30.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) folk (c) palm (d) aisle
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) g (c) h (d) t
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) s
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) g
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) sign (c) crumb (d) walk
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?

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