Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 658 · 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 tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) sword (c) knit (d) lamb
3. 3.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) comb (c) knit (d) knee
4. 4.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) design (c) yolk (d) cupboard
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) t (c) g (d) k
7. 7.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) l
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) yolk (c) knit (d) knife
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) l
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first 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 “practice”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) s
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) h (c) s (d) t
17. 17.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
19. 19.Which word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) aisle (c) sword (d) sign
20. 20.Which word has a silent p? (a) honest (b) two (c) receipt (d) yolk
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
24. 24.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) cupboard (c) hour (d) knot
25. 25.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) answer (c) debt (d) yolk
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) t
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) calm (c) doubt (d) folk
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) p
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) glisten (c) knot (d) doubt
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) rhino (c) receipt (d) design
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) s
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) calm (c) doubt (d) knot
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?

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