Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 519 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) t (c) b (d) k
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) sword (c) rhino (d) doubt
3. 3.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) l (c) p (d) k
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) yolk (c) crumb (d) island
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
11. 11.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) g (c) w (d) k
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) receipt (c) cupboard (d) talk
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
17. 17.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) w
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) doubt (b) write (c) reign (d) foreign
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) p
22. 22.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) k
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
26. 26.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) knee (c) crumb (d) island
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) p (c) l (d) w
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) castle (c) design (d) knob
34. 34.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) foreign (c) talk (d) island
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) answer (c) knee (d) climb
39. 39.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?

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