Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 622 · 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) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) castle (c) fasten (d) crumb
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) p
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) knot (c) lamb (d) fasten
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
8. 8.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) b
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) l
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) h
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) fasten (c) knife (d) walk
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) wrist (c) reign (d) glisten
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) h
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) t (c) s (d) k
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) doubt (b) half (c) listen (d) folk
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) reign (b) hour (c) folk (d) rhino
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
27. 27.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
30. 30.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) folk (c) write (d) talk
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) s (c) t (d) k
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) h
37. 37.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
38. 38.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
40. 40.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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