Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 566 · 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 a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) s (c) t (d) b
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) p
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) l
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
10. 10.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) t
14. 14.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) foreign (c) debt (d) two
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) reign (c) answer (d) half
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
20. 20.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) g
22. 22.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
23. 23.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) l
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) s
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) climb (c) wrist (d) hour
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) two (c) knit (d) crumb
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
31. 31.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
34. 34.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) k
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) s (c) t (d) h
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well

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