Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 569 · 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 covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) receipt (c) fasten (d) two
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) b
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) g (c) k (d) t
5. 5.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) b
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) w (b) h (c) s (d) l
8. 8.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
10. 10.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) h (c) s (d) b
12. 12.👅 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
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) answer (c) climb (d) aisle
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) t
18. 18.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) l
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) s
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) b
24. 24.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) p
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) t
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) island (c) sign (d) wrist
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) l (b) h (c) p (d) b
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
35. 35.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) glisten (b) island (c) write (d) cupboard
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
40. 40.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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