Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 609 · 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.👅 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
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) raspberry (c) climb (d) sign
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) yolk (b) fasten (c) raspberry (d) reign
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) cupboard (c) climb (d) wrap
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) castle (b) cupboard (c) half (d) honest
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) receipt (c) knit (d) climb
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) calm (c) sign (d) comb
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) b
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) listen (c) hour (d) write
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
17. 17.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) k
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) g
21. 21.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) folk (c) castle (d) sword
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) h (b) s (c) k (d) g
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) k (c) h (d) s
28. 28.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) b
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) w
32. 32.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) g (b) l (c) s (d) b
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) castle (c) knit (d) climb
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) b (c) p (d) w
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) s (c) p (d) t
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) k

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