Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 600 · 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.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) w
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) p
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) receipt (c) castle (d) palm
7. 7.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) reign (c) hour (d) cupboard
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) glisten (c) hour (d) write
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
13. 13.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) k
15. 15.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) knife (c) folk (d) crumb
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) knob (c) receipt (d) listen
18. 18.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) l
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
22. 22.Which word has a silent s? (a) raspberry (b) island (c) honest (d) folk
23. 23.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) write (c) knot (d) lamb
25. 25.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) honest (b) debt (c) two (d) hour
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) honest (b) folk (c) answer (d) receipt
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) g
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
33. 33.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) half (b) cupboard (c) honest (d) debt
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
37. 37.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) answer (c) climb (d) crumb
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) h (c) k (d) l
40. 40.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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