Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 696 · 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.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) g (c) b (d) h
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) p (c) h (d) w
4. 4.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) rhino (b) sword (c) fasten (d) wrap
7. 7.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) aisle (c) write (d) debt
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) s (c) t (d) g
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) t (c) p (d) h
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) t (c) k (d) p
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) h
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) lamb (c) sword (d) palm
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) write (b) answer (c) receipt (d) knit
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) h (c) t (d) k
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) two (b) crumb (c) aisle (d) glisten
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) receipt (c) walk (d) rhino
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) s
32. 32.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) k (b) s (c) t (d) b
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) two (c) climb (d) answer
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) listen (c) sword (d) write
37. 37.👅 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
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) b

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