Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 574 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) castle (c) comb (d) climb
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) wrist (c) foreign (d) crumb
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
8. 8.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) palm (c) crumb (d) wrap
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) w
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) p (c) b (d) w
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) s (c) b (d) k
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) k
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) p (c) g (d) b
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) t
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
25. 25.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) rhino (c) wrap (d) knee
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) t (c) g (d) b
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) hour (c) two (d) foreign
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) write (c) climb (d) talk
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) knit (b) glisten (c) sword (d) knife
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
34. 34.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) w
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
38. 38.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) knee (c) hour (d) receipt
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) p (c) s (d) w
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) t (c) h (d) l

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