Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 580 · 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 word has a silent w? (a) write (b) comb (c) island (d) sign
2. 2.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) l (c) t (d) h
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
7. 7.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) island (c) wrap (d) knob
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) g (c) p (d) k
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) g (c) k (d) s
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) raspberry (c) comb (d) two
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) fasten (c) two (d) knee
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) l
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) talk (b) island (c) rhino (d) debt
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) l (c) k (d) w
28. 28.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) design (c) knob (d) climb
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) knob (b) two (c) walk (d) doubt
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) s (c) k (d) g
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) aisle (c) walk (d) castle
35. 35.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) b
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
40. 40.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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