Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 583 · 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 “practice”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) p (c) s (d) g
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) reign (c) fasten (d) receipt
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) b
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) w
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) p (c) t (d) k
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) k
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
15. 15.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) doubt (c) reign (d) design
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) h
18. 18.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) g (c) k (d) t
20. 20.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) castle (c) sign (d) island
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
22. 22.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) cupboard (c) two (d) crumb
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) s
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
29. 29.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) palm (c) honest (d) foreign
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) sword (c) walk (d) half
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
35. 35.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) write (c) lamb (d) castle
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
40. 40.🔤 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

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