Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 64 · 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) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) g
3. 3.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) receipt (b) lamb (c) wrist (d) calm
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) k (c) t (d) p
9. 9.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) cupboard (c) folk (d) honest
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) hour (c) calm (d) palm
13. 13.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
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 word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) island (c) knit (d) design
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) aisle (c) knee (d) glisten
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) h
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) knife (c) design (d) answer
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
23. 23.Which word has a silent l? (a) answer (b) receipt (c) palm (d) sword
24. 24.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) wrist (c) folk (d) fasten
25. 25.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) p (c) b (d) k
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) t (c) g (d) w
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) g (c) l (d) s
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) p (c) k (d) b
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) walk (c) knot (d) knob
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) knob (c) fasten (d) knife
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) s

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