Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 507 · 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) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) foreign (c) glisten (d) walk
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) b
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) write (c) half (d) knob
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) p (c) h (d) s
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) s
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) knit (c) crumb (d) wrap
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) w (c) h (d) t
22. 22.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) g
25. 25.Which word has a silent h? (a) crumb (b) climb (c) rhino (d) reign
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) p
27. 27.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) aisle (c) sword (d) raspberry
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) hour (d) sword
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) honest (c) write (d) castle
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) foreign (c) wrap (d) write
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) g (c) p (d) b
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) aisle (c) talk (d) debt
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) w
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) h

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