Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 56 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
6. 6.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) p (b) t (c) g (d) k
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) g
13. 13.📖 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) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) doubt (c) listen (d) receipt
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
16. 16.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) l (c) h (d) p
20. 20.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) climb (c) foreign (d) knee
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) b
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) b (c) l (d) w
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) w (b) t (c) h (d) k
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) l
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) l (c) b (d) s
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) h
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
34. 34.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) l (c) t (d) h
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) sword (b) two (c) sign (d) cupboard
38. 38.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🔤 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
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) hour (c) knit (d) debt

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