Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 520 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) k
5. 5.Which word has a silent p? (a) aisle (b) knife (c) wrist (d) receipt
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) k
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) glisten (c) hour (d) comb
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) p
11. 11.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
12. 12.📖 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
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) t (b) g (c) h (d) b
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) b
15. 15.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) h (c) g (d) l
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) castle (b) knit (c) comb (d) half
18. 18.Which word has a silent h? (a) half (b) rhino (c) castle (d) sign
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) b (c) p (d) h
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) g
21. 21.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) knob (c) crumb (d) comb
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) walk (c) yolk (d) honest
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) island (c) foreign (d) doubt
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
31. 31.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) b (c) g (d) s
34. 34.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) folk (c) knee (d) two
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) l (c) k (d) b
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) knit (c) sign (d) cupboard
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) knee (c) aisle (d) lamb

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