Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 547 · 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 covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) write (c) fasten (d) sword
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
5. 5.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) castle (b) knob (c) crumb (d) wrap
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) climb (c) two (d) palm
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) p (d) h
12. 12.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
14. 14.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) doubt (c) listen (d) raspberry
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
17. 17.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) b (c) g (d) t
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) g
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
21. 21.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) s
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) w
27. 27.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) write (c) crumb (d) foreign
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) reign (c) debt (d) knit
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) sign (c) folk (d) aisle
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) knob (c) island (d) yolk
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) p
37. 37.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) p (c) l (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) b
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) foreign (b) doubt (c) knob (d) honest

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