Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 571 · 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 rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) skip it
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) k
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) island (c) knife (d) climb
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) h (c) w (d) b
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) h (c) p (d) g
13. 13.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) folk (c) rhino (d) knife
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
16. 16.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) h (c) s (d) b
18. 18.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) palm (c) crumb (d) wrap
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) knob (c) wrap (d) glisten
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) b
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
27. 27.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) sign (c) knee (d) folk
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) t
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) wrist (c) knot (d) listen
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) g
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) answer (c) knit (d) hour
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) b
35. 35.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) foreign (c) climb (d) receipt
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) listen (c) wrist (d) knob
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) s
38. 38.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) t (c) s (d) b

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