Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 692 · 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 g? (a) reign (b) walk (c) knot (d) island
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) foreign (c) knife (d) glisten
6. 6.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
10. 10.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) knee (c) lamb (d) wrist
11. 11.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
13. 13.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) s (c) l (d) g
15. 15.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
16. 16.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) b
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) k
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) palm (c) debt (d) knit
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) rhino (c) listen (d) sword
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) walk (b) castle (c) sword (d) design
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) h
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
31. 31.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) s
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) island (c) knob (d) two
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) honest (b) write (c) knit (d) castle
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
38. 38.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) p
40. 40.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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