Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 554 · 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 rushing long words 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 “celebration”?
3. 3.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) answer (c) knob (d) wrist
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) b
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) g (c) s (d) l
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) b
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
17. 17.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) p (c) h (d) b
21. 21.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) g
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) fasten (c) knee (d) walk
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) b
26. 26.📖 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
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) h
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) h
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) sign (c) half (d) two
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) g
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) yolk (c) crumb (d) honest
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) h
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) receipt (c) foreign (d) raspberry
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) fasten (c) sword (d) knee
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) raspberry (c) listen (d) answer

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