Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 587 · 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 “presentation”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) design (c) rhino (d) comb
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) l
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) b (c) l (d) t
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) p (c) b (d) w
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) l
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) p (c) s (d) l
16. 16.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent h? (a) sign (b) rhino (c) raspberry (d) foreign
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) rhino (c) folk (d) walk
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
20. 20.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) knit (c) lamb (d) raspberry
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) glisten (c) sign (d) knot
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
29. 29.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) w
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) debt (c) knee (d) raspberry
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
34. 34.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) knot (c) foreign (d) crumb
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) s (c) g (d) p
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) sword (c) write (d) answer

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