Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 71 · 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) g (b) l (c) s (d) k
3. 3.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) comb (c) talk (d) wrap
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) h
9. 9.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent h? (a) write (b) raspberry (c) honest (d) talk
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) knob (c) comb (d) design
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
17. 17.👅 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
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.📖 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
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
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) sword (b) folk (c) design (d) knot
23. 23.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) talk (c) answer (d) hour
24. 24.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
25. 25.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) fasten (c) glisten (d) cupboard
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) p (d) g
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) k
28. 28.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
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 word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) knee (c) walk (d) answer
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) h
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) t (c) k (d) b
33. 33.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) b (c) s (d) t
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) knit (c) lamb (d) palm
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) g (b) t (c) s (d) b
38. 38.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) g
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first

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