Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 598 · 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 dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.📖 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) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) l
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) lamb (c) rhino (d) aisle
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) l
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) knob (c) hour (d) honest
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) k
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
13. 13.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) p
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) raspberry (c) hour (d) listen
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) yolk (c) listen (d) reign
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
21. 21.Which word has a silent l? (a) climb (b) calm (c) answer (d) cupboard
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words 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 “communication”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) t
26. 26.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) listen (c) receipt (d) honest
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) h
35. 35.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) climb (c) wrap (d) listen
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) knot (c) answer (d) knob
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) h
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) t
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) island (c) answer (d) yolk

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