Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 678 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) l (c) p (d) w
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
4. 4.Which word has a silent s? (a) reign (b) fasten (c) island (d) honest
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) k
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) l
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) k (b) p (c) s (d) t
11. 11.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) climb (c) palm (d) honest
13. 13.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
14. 14.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.📖 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
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) b (c) s (d) k
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) w
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) s (b) p (c) h (d) l
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) climb (c) design (d) cupboard
23. 23.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) sign (b) raspberry (c) knife (d) listen
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) s (c) l (d) b
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) g
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) h (c) l (d) w
31. 31.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) hour (b) wrap (c) foreign (d) half
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) h
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) w (c) s (d) b
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) s
38. 38.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) two (c) debt (d) knit
40. 40.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) talk (c) climb (d) glisten

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