Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 693 · 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 helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
4. 4.Which word has a silent t? (a) walk (b) calm (c) listen (d) knee
5. 5.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) island (c) sign (d) knife
6. 6.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) l (c) g (d) t
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) design (c) raspberry (d) listen
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) knob (c) climb (d) two
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) yolk (c) climb (d) honest
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) p
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) t (b) s (c) l (d) k
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) b
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) s (c) h (d) l
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) answer (c) cupboard (d) folk
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) castle (b) knob (c) answer (d) hour
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
30. 30.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.📖 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
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
33. 33.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) knot (c) calm (d) receipt
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) w (c) s (d) l
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) p (c) w (d) b
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) b
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) w
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) h (c) g (d) s
39. 39.Which word has a silent s? (a) foreign (b) aisle (c) knob (d) wrist
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) glisten (b) lamb (c) knob (d) two

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