Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 644 · 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 clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
2. 2.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) k
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) hour (c) doubt (d) sword
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) g
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) p (c) s (d) h
11. 11.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
12. 12.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) l (b) p (c) t (d) k
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) answer (c) crumb (d) knot
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) k (c) h (d) s
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
19. 19.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) climb (c) island (d) castle
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) foreign (c) climb (d) palm
22. 22.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) sign (c) answer (d) comb
25. 25.Which word has a silent h? (a) comb (b) folk (c) hour (d) crumb
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) s
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) k
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) w
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) h (c) p (d) k
32. 32.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) rhino (c) knob (d) glisten
33. 33.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) b
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) sign (c) listen (d) sword
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) p (c) k (d) h
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
39. 39.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) l (c) b (d) w

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