Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 564 · 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 word has a silent p? (a) walk (b) island (c) glisten (d) raspberry
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) raspberry (c) island (d) wrist
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) design (c) wrist (d) knit
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) answer (c) knob (d) wrist
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) answer (c) island (d) write
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) w (c) b (d) k
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) k (b) p (c) s (d) h
17. 17.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) listen (c) aisle (d) lamb
20. 20.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) p (c) s (d) l
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) calm (c) knit (d) receipt
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) aisle (b) knife (c) reign (d) walk
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) s (c) k (d) g
29. 29.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) write (c) listen (d) hour
31. 31.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) climb (c) yolk (d) knife
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) l
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) t
37. 37.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
39. 39.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) half (c) honest (d) doubt
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) t

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