Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 662 · 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) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) hour (c) honest (d) half
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) k
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) castle (b) glisten (c) yolk (d) rhino
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
10. 10.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
15. 15.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
17. 17.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) k
20. 20.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) l
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) b
24. 24.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) b
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) knit (c) hour (d) knot
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) raspberry (c) fasten (d) island
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
32. 32.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) listen (c) lamb (d) honest
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) w
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) g (c) s (d) w
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) calm (c) climb (d) wrist

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