Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 679 · 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) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) s
4. 4.🔤 Does checking names first 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) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) l
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) aisle (b) knee (c) calm (d) knob
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) s (b) b (c) l (d) p
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) receipt (c) climb (d) sign
11. 11.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) raspberry (c) knee (d) two
12. 12.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) glisten (c) foreign (d) folk
14. 14.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
16. 16.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) climb (c) island (d) hour
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) hour (b) debt (c) talk (d) receipt
19. 19.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
21. 21.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) p (b) l (c) b (d) s
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) rhino (c) honest (d) reign
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent t? (a) reign (b) calm (c) castle (d) raspberry
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) t (c) l (d) k
28. 28.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
29. 29.Which word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) foreign (c) reign (d) calm
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) l (c) s (d) w
32. 32.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) aisle (c) castle (d) calm
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) h (c) g (d) w
37. 37.👅 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
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) doubt (b) yolk (c) rhino (d) foreign
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) g
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?

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