Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 590 · 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.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) s (c) t (d) w
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
4. 4.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) debt (c) sign (d) aisle
6. 6.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) p (b) h (c) l (d) b
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) s
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) aisle (b) glisten (c) debt (d) talk
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
18. 18.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) lamb (c) doubt (d) two
20. 20.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) lamb (c) calm (d) reign
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) s (c) g (d) w
23. 23.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) island (c) honest (d) two
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) castle (c) hour (d) sword
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) knife (c) sign (d) talk
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) g (c) h (d) b
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) comb (c) glisten (d) knife
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) two (c) knob (d) aisle
33. 33.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) h
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) t (b) w (c) p (d) g
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) h
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) foreign (c) climb (d) knee

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