Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 660 · 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) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
3. 3.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent g? (a) answer (b) half (c) comb (d) sign
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) fasten (c) knob (d) knit
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) foreign (b) two (c) glisten (d) sword
8. 8.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
10. 10.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) knife (c) folk (d) hour
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) k
12. 12.Which word has a silent h? (a) two (b) honest (c) aisle (d) crumb
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) b
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) l (b) b (c) w (d) h
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) g (c) t (d) l
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) t
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) k
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) g (c) t (d) p
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) t (c) s (d) l
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) t
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) p (c) h (d) t
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) foreign (c) knife (d) folk
27. 27.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) b
30. 30.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) g (c) k (d) t
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) k (c) p (d) l
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) foreign (c) listen (d) calm
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
36. 36.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) knot (c) rhino (d) palm
37. 37.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) half (c) two (d) lamb
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings

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