Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 654 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) s
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) t
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) rhino (c) doubt (d) write
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) k
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
7. 7.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) knife (c) design (d) hour
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrap (b) listen (c) crumb (d) island
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) skip it
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
14. 14.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) aisle (c) knit (d) half
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) receipt (b) design (c) knot (d) sword
16. 16.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) s
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) g (c) t (d) p
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) walk (b) aisle (c) doubt (d) foreign
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) knit (c) sign (d) wrap
26. 26.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) knee (c) glisten (d) raspberry
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) t (b) b (c) p (d) k
29. 29.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) doubt (b) knife (c) raspberry (d) knit
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) g (c) t (d) h
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
34. 34.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) knob (c) debt (d) castle
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) k
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) k
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) b (c) l (d) t

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