Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 624 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent h? (a) comb (b) honest (c) foreign (d) knob
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
6. 6.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) rhino (c) sign (d) palm
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) h (c) k (d) w
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) g
9. 9.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) b (c) p (d) k
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
15. 15.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) k
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) l
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) sign (c) climb (d) receipt
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) knot (c) palm (d) half
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) p (c) t (d) l
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) sign (c) honest (d) island
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) g (c) k (d) b
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) g
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
30. 30.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) b (c) t (d) w
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) p (c) h (d) g
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) knob (c) calm (d) aisle
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) answer (b) rhino (c) walk (d) island

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