Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 513 · 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.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) talk (c) folk (d) climb
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) receipt (c) yolk (d) knot
5. 5.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) receipt (c) island (d) walk
6. 6.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) b
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) write (c) talk (d) design
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) lamb (c) climb (d) cupboard
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) l
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) p (c) g (d) b
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) half (b) two (c) knee (d) island
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) g
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) w
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) castle (c) design (d) aisle
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) t
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) knit (b) half (c) wrap (d) answer
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) l
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
30. 30.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) k
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) glisten (c) walk (d) rhino
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) knit (b) debt (c) honest (d) comb
34. 34.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
35. 35.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) h (c) w (d) b

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