Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 529 · 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.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
3. 3.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) glisten (c) fasten (d) knob
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) h (c) k (d) b
12. 12.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) g
15. 15.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) receipt (c) listen (d) rhino
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
17. 17.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) knit (c) reign (d) sword
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
20. 20.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) write (b) palm (c) cupboard (d) castle
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) p
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
25. 25.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
27. 27.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
28. 28.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) listen (c) comb (d) knob
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) wrist (c) raspberry (d) crumb
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) l
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) g
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
36. 36.📖 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
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) sword (b) raspberry (c) hour (d) two
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) w (c) h (d) p
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first

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