Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 521 · 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) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🔤 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
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) glisten (c) cupboard (d) climb
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) h (b) s (c) w (d) l
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) knot (c) two (d) doubt
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) l (c) t (d) b
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) g
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) l (b) b (c) w (d) h
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
18. 18.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) honest (b) knob (c) write (d) raspberry
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) knife (c) glisten (d) palm
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) h
23. 23.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) fasten (c) two (d) knee
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
30. 30.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) s (c) l (d) h
32. 32.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) rhino (c) talk (d) foreign
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) doubt (c) half (d) two
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) l
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) hour (b) design (c) knife (d) sign
36. 36.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) h
38. 38.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
39. 39.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?

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