Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 711 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) k
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) receipt (c) sword (d) climb
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) aisle (b) honest (c) glisten (d) knife
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
9. 9.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) debt (c) receipt (d) talk
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) listen (b) raspberry (c) reign (d) half
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) design (c) island (d) sword
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
17. 17.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) cupboard (c) design (d) doubt
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) hour (b) foreign (c) knife (d) castle
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) s
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) w
22. 22.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) castle (b) wrap (c) palm (d) knit
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) k (c) g (d) t
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) h
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) k
28. 28.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) b (c) g (d) h
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) l (c) k (d) w
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) talk (c) debt (d) knob
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) s (c) t (d) g
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) knit (c) doubt (d) crumb
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
39. 39.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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