Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 712 · 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 saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) design (c) calm (d) lamb
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) l
11. 11.📖 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
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) s (c) k (d) t
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) foreign (c) glisten (d) reign
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) h (c) p (d) w
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) g (b) w (c) h (d) k
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
18. 18.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
20. 20.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) wrist (c) rhino (d) folk
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) p (b) l (c) s (d) w
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) t (c) b (d) g
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
24. 24.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) t
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) raspberry (c) doubt (d) glisten
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) raspberry (c) fasten (d) reign
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) comb (c) sword (d) hour
29. 29.🔤 Does opening your mouth well 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 “reign”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) l
32. 32.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) comb (c) calm (d) hour
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) h (c) g (d) k
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) g
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) p
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) k

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