Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 643 · 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 word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) knife (c) two (d) walk
2. 2.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.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
4. 4.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) t (b) b (c) l (d) s
12. 12.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
14. 14.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) crumb (c) folk (d) knee
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) foreign (c) sign (d) glisten
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.👅 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
25. 25.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) g
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) doubt (b) castle (c) sword (d) wrist
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) s (b) g (c) t (d) k
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) k
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) b (c) w (d) g
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) k
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) s
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) h
39. 39.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name

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