Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 596 · 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 “voice”?
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) t (c) l (d) w
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) p (c) b (d) k
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) h
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) folk (c) knife (d) write
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) knit (c) wrap (d) honest
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) foreign (c) fasten (d) honest
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent t? (a) knit (b) aisle (c) sword (d) castle
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) knob (c) design (d) knee
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) talk (c) aisle (d) reign
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) calm (b) sign (c) two (d) talk
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
24. 24.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) crumb (c) castle (d) raspberry
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
27. 27.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) knee (c) island (d) aisle
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) w (c) h (d) k
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) wrap (c) climb (d) reign
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) lamb (c) talk (d) knife
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) k
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) doubt (c) glisten (d) raspberry
36. 36.📖 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
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) p
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) l (b) t (c) g (d) k
39. 39.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?

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