Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 577 · 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 “slogan”?
2. 2.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) comb (c) knee (d) receipt
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.👅 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
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) h
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) l
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) t
9. 9.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) w (b) s (c) g (d) l
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) t (c) b (d) p
21. 21.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) wrap (c) sign (d) two
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) sword (c) comb (d) raspberry
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) g
26. 26.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) cupboard (c) honest (d) crumb
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) receipt (b) knob (c) raspberry (d) yolk
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) t (c) k (d) p
32. 32.🔤 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
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) g (c) s (d) k
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) b
35. 35.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
37. 37.Which word has a silent g? (a) knee (b) foreign (c) castle (d) knob
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) h (c) t (d) b
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) sign (b) crumb (c) folk (d) hour
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?

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