Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 608 · 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) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) aisle (b) debt (c) hour (d) palm
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) listen (c) knee (d) design
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) honest (c) cupboard (d) castle
5. 5.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) k
7. 7.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) k
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) sign (b) palm (c) honest (d) knife
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
18. 18.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
20. 20.Which word has a silent b? (a) write (b) walk (c) folk (d) doubt
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) p
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) t
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) half (c) knee (d) aisle
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 b? (a) crumb (b) write (c) foreign (d) glisten
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) g (c) w (d) b
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) t
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) l (c) s (d) k
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) knee (c) wrap (d) lamb
36. 36.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) wrist (c) knob (d) design
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?

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