Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 528 · 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) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) l (c) p (d) h
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) h
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) l
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) knee (c) answer (d) crumb
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) p (c) l (d) s
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) w (c) k (d) b
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) half (c) sword (d) cupboard
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) knot (c) knob (d) folk
20. 20.Which word has a silent s? (a) comb (b) design (c) island (d) sign
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) folk (b) calm (c) aisle (d) hour
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) raspberry (c) knife (d) crumb
23. 23.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) raspberry (c) write (d) castle
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) t
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) g (c) t (d) s
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) hour (b) knob (c) knit (d) climb
27. 27.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
29. 29.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) s (c) l (d) h
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
34. 34.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
35. 35.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) knob (c) debt (d) design
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) b
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) knot (c) comb (d) folk

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