Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 557 · 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 guessing a hard name 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 “examination”?
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) half (b) knot (c) crumb (d) reign
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
8. 8.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) k
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) b (c) l (d) k
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) g
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
16. 16.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) s (d) h
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) g (c) s (d) k
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) l
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) answer (c) knife (d) palm
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) doubt (c) listen (d) design
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) g
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) g
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
33. 33.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) p
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) h (c) g (d) k
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) crumb (c) knee (d) write
37. 37.Which word has a silent g? (a) castle (b) knee (c) foreign (d) write
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) l
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) debt (c) calm (d) knee

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