Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 710 · 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) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) two (c) half (d) rhino
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) half (c) knee (d) aisle
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) palm (c) cupboard (d) answer
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) p (d) w
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) calm (c) island (d) two
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) receipt (b) answer (c) aisle (d) walk
17. 17.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) write (c) climb (d) castle
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) s (c) l (d) w
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) t (c) w (d) b
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) foreign (c) receipt (d) comb
28. 28.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
30. 30.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) t (b) k (c) l (d) h
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) l (c) s (d) t
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) k
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) s (c) t (d) k
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) t (c) k (d) w
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) sword (c) knit (d) palm

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