Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 667 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
3. 3.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) receipt (c) comb (d) write
4. 4.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) g
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) t
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) b
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.📖 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
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) cupboard (b) answer (c) half (d) knit
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
15. 15.🔤 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
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) g (c) b (d) l
17. 17.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) p
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) t (c) s (d) k
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) sign (b) knob (c) island (d) yolk
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) b
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) l (c) b (d) s
24. 24.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) folk (c) castle (d) doubt
26. 26.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) raspberry (c) crumb (d) glisten
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
28. 28.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) knife (c) castle (d) crumb
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) w
30. 30.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) t (b) p (c) w (d) h
34. 34.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) b (c) w (d) k
36. 36.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) l
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) doubt (c) yolk (d) raspberry

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