Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 615 · 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) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) knot (c) walk (d) hour
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) yolk (b) walk (c) climb (d) hour
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) b
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) listen (c) knife (d) knee
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) s
14. 14.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
19. 19.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) h
22. 22.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
23. 23.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) half (c) calm (d) glisten
24. 24.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) aisle (c) comb (d) rhino
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) k
27. 27.Which word has a silent t? (a) palm (b) foreign (c) answer (d) listen
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) b (b) h (c) t (d) s
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) knee (c) rhino (d) sword
31. 31.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
32. 32.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) g (c) p (d) s
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) listen (c) yolk (d) crumb
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) k
40. 40.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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