Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 575 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) t
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) hour (c) yolk (d) knob
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) t (c) p (d) k
7. 7.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) h
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) b
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) walk (c) answer (d) wrap
15. 15.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) answer (c) honest (d) yolk
17. 17.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) w
19. 19.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) wrap (c) raspberry (d) foreign
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) k
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) hour (c) walk (d) climb
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
28. 28.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) l
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) knob (c) talk (d) fasten
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) s (c) w (d) k
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) g
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) wrist (c) sign (d) walk
37. 37.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) write (b) wrap (c) rhino (d) talk

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