Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 51 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
2. 2.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
4. 4.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) k (c) p (d) s
8. 8.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) k
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) palm (c) calm (d) listen
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
15. 15.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
19. 19.🔤 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
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) island (c) reign (d) lamb
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) raspberry (c) wrist (d) sign
25. 25.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) w
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) k (c) g (d) w
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
30. 30.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
31. 31.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) w
34. 34.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) t
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) t
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
40. 40.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) glisten (c) comb (d) aisle

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