Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 656 · 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.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) k
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) listen (c) knot (d) comb
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) yolk (b) two (c) raspberry (d) aisle
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) w
11. 11.🔤 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
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) wrap (c) reign (d) folk
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) design (b) knife (c) palm (d) comb
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) g (c) t (d) k
16. 16.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) h
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) w
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) knee (c) yolk (d) knob
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) k (b) p (c) t (d) h
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) t (b) b (c) g (d) k
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) h
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) half (b) sword (c) answer (d) island
26. 26.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) two (c) knob (d) debt
29. 29.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) folk (c) honest (d) aisle
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) w (c) l (d) p
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) h (c) p (d) t
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
33. 33.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
37. 37.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
40. 40.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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