Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 607 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) l (c) w (d) s
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) g
5. 5.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) knit (c) cupboard (d) foreign
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
7. 7.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) l (b) g (c) t (d) k
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) debt (c) rhino (d) aisle
12. 12.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) b
14. 14.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) b (c) k (d) s
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) k
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) listen (c) answer (d) foreign
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) p (c) l (d) b
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) w
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) write (c) knot (d) hour
27. 27.Which word has a silent t? (a) answer (b) knit (c) fasten (d) knot
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) knob (c) rhino (d) wrap
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) k (c) h (d) t
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) p
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) climb (c) answer (d) glisten
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) aisle (c) cupboard (d) fasten
34. 34.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) reign (c) knife (d) wrap
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) answer (b) two (c) cupboard (d) lamb
40. 40.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly

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