Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 505 · 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.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) h (c) k (d) b
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) yolk (c) listen (d) doubt
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) s
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
9. 9.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent t? (a) knit (b) wrap (c) fasten (d) aisle
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) s (c) k (d) l
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) fasten (c) design (d) doubt
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) half (c) folk (d) comb
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) listen (c) folk (d) wrist
18. 18.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) sword (c) sign (d) knit
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) hour (c) knot (d) sword
22. 22.📖 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
23. 23.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest 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 “cricket”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) l (c) s (d) p
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) k
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) g
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) climb (c) folk (d) knife
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) w
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) t (b) k (c) h (d) p
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) reign (c) knife (d) wrist
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) k
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) two (b) wrap (c) walk (d) design
40. 40.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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