Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 578 · 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.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) b
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) g (c) p (d) h
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) knee (c) lamb (d) raspberry
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) calm (c) wrist (d) glisten
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) b (c) l (d) h
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) wrap (c) lamb (d) half
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) k (c) p (d) l
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) k (c) w (d) l
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) knee (c) castle (d) crumb
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) g (c) p (d) h
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) receipt (b) climb (c) sword (d) sign
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) b (c) t (d) p
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
25. 25.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.📖 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
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) g
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) h
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) t
31. 31.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) honest (c) calm (d) castle
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) s (c) w (d) h
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) l
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) climb (c) cupboard (d) glisten
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) yolk (c) knit (d) receipt

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