Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 697 · 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 k? (a) wrist (b) castle (c) island (d) knee
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) g (c) t (d) l
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
7. 7.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) debt (c) climb (d) yolk
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) sword (b) sign (c) receipt (d) folk
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) sign (c) knee (d) walk
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) s (c) l (d) k
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) l (b) b (c) s (d) k
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) k
18. 18.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
20. 20.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) k (c) t (d) l
26. 26.📖 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
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) knob (c) foreign (d) hour
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) wrap (c) palm (d) foreign
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent s? (a) cupboard (b) aisle (c) talk (d) knot
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) p
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) p
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) w
39. 39.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
40. 40.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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