Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 503 · 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 a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) p
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) w (b) t (c) g (d) h
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) g
9. 9.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) sword (c) island (d) cupboard
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
13. 13.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.📖 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
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) knot (b) raspberry (c) island (d) knee
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) listen (c) honest (d) palm
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) sign (d) hour
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) b (c) w (d) h
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) castle (b) knee (c) sign (d) wrist
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) g (b) l (c) t (d) h
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) knee (c) lamb (d) yolk
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) s
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) t (c) g (d) s
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
31. 31.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) debt (c) rhino (d) knit
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
35. 35.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) s
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) w
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) talk (c) knot (d) climb

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