Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 635 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) b
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) p
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) talk (b) palm (c) aisle (d) fasten
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) t
11. 11.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) honest (c) comb (d) lamb
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) k (c) s (d) b
13. 13.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) p
16. 16.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) half (c) glisten (d) climb
18. 18.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.👅 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
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) knob (c) raspberry (d) walk
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) k
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) t
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) aisle (c) write (d) cupboard
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) fasten (c) honest (d) answer
29. 29.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) h
35. 35.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?

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