Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 551 · 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) rushing long words
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrap (b) comb (c) debt (d) knot
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
4. 4.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) glisten (c) half (d) aisle
6. 6.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) s (c) g (d) t
10. 10.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) p
16. 16.Which word has a silent b? (a) doubt (b) knife (c) wrist (d) talk
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.Which word has a silent t? (a) aisle (b) listen (c) rhino (d) yolk
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) l (c) p (d) g
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) t
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) g
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) h (c) b (d) w
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) p (b) g (c) s (d) l
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
26. 26.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) comb (c) hour (d) wrist
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) b (c) p (d) s
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) comb (c) glisten (d) answer
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) folk (c) yolk (d) comb
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) answer (c) honest (d) knot
34. 34.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) p (c) t (d) k
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) k (b) g (c) b (d) h
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) answer (c) foreign (d) climb
38. 38.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) aisle (c) calm (d) knit
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) folk (b) honest (c) fasten (d) raspberry

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