Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 674 · 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.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) talk (c) fasten (d) rhino
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
6. 6.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) two (c) fasten (d) comb
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
10. 10.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) w
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) p (c) s (d) b
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) g (c) p (d) w
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) g
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) castle (b) talk (c) write (d) glisten
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
19. 19.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) k
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
23. 23.🔤 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
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
25. 25.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) l
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) knife (b) wrist (c) listen (d) crumb
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) w
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) two (c) knife (d) knit
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent l? (a) listen (b) yolk (c) comb (d) two
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) answer (c) write (d) knot
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) t (c) k (d) b

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