Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 549 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) k
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) t
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) debt (c) crumb (d) honest
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
7. 7.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) w (c) t (d) l
10. 10.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) l
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) s (c) l (d) p
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) debt (c) knot (d) answer
24. 24.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) h
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) s
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) l (c) b (d) p
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
30. 30.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
31. 31.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) two (c) foreign (d) castle
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) l
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) climb (b) castle (c) lamb (d) yolk
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) w (c) l (d) t
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) b (b) p (c) s (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) b (d) w
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) talk (b) wrist (c) knit (d) comb

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