Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 700 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
3. 3.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) cupboard (b) palm (c) raspberry (d) knit
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) island (c) honest (d) design
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
11. 11.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) g (c) k (d) s
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) calm (c) hour (d) foreign
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) design (c) talk (d) comb
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) w (b) b (c) g (d) k
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) s
21. 21.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) lamb (c) two (d) fasten
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) climb (c) receipt (d) cupboard
26. 26.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) castle (b) calm (c) raspberry (d) climb
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) doubt (b) knife (c) receipt (d) island
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
30. 30.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.Which word has a silent p? (a) knit (b) cupboard (c) honest (d) knife
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) w
33. 33.🔤 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
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) k (c) l (d) w
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) l
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) k (b) h (c) g (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) w (c) l (d) g
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?

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