Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 544 · 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) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) l (c) s (d) w
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) h (c) w (d) t
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) yolk (c) knob (d) knot
7. 7.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) comb (c) two (d) island
9. 9.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) knee (c) knob (d) two
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) talk (c) palm (d) foreign
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) answer (c) cupboard (d) comb
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent t? (a) sword (b) glisten (c) doubt (d) comb
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) p (b) l (c) t (d) g
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
21. 21.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) glisten (c) foreign (d) half
23. 23.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) p (c) h (d) s
26. 26.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) g
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) reign (b) sword (c) receipt (d) palm
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) t
32. 32.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
37. 37.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) b (c) w (d) p
40. 40.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

Free public speaking lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/public-speaking-for-kids