Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 576 · 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.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) l
4. 4.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
10. 10.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) knot (c) island (d) two
13. 13.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) l (d) b
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) b
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) castle (b) sign (c) answer (d) climb
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) l
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) design (c) island (d) listen
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) w (c) l (d) p
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) climb (c) comb (d) island
28. 28.🔤 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
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) design (c) wrist (d) knife
33. 33.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) t
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) receipt (c) two (d) climb
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) s
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) walk (c) answer (d) yolk
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) p (c) b (d) k
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) w (b) l (c) g (d) b

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