Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 687 · 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) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
4. 4.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) island (c) climb (d) palm
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) w (c) p (d) g
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) s (c) b (d) t
10. 10.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
12. 12.Which word has a silent p? (a) answer (b) aisle (c) calm (d) receipt
13. 13.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) p (c) g (d) b
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) glisten (c) cupboard (d) sword
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) sign (c) knot (d) two
17. 17.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
20. 20.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) castle (c) calm (d) sign
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) l
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) w (b) g (c) k (d) b
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) h
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) s (c) g (d) k
31. 31.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) b
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) half (b) calm (c) palm (d) design
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) w
36. 36.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) l (c) g (d) s
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) walk (b) knee (c) aisle (d) doubt
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) glisten (c) talk (d) cupboard
40. 40.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) receipt (c) fasten (d) yolk

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