Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 623 · 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) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) w (c) p (d) h
4. 4.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) receipt (c) foreign (d) write
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent s? (a) folk (b) island (c) hour (d) honest
14. 14.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) debt (c) hour (d) knife
16. 16.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) lamb (c) two (d) design
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) p
18. 18.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) lamb (c) rhino (d) listen
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) l
22. 22.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) sword (b) fasten (c) aisle (d) lamb
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) fasten (c) cupboard (d) knot
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) k
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
28. 28.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) t (c) l (d) h
31. 31.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
32. 32.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) s (c) k (d) h
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) fasten (c) foreign (d) rhino
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) k (c) l (d) t
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?

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