Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 722 · 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 word has a silent b? (a) aisle (b) fasten (c) sign (d) debt
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
6. 6.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) doubt (c) yolk (d) reign
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) l
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) sign (c) foreign (d) knit
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) t
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) b (c) w (d) l
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) l
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
18. 18.🔤 Does guessing a hard name 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) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) l
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) s (c) g (d) h
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
31. 31.📖 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) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) fasten (c) knee (d) wrap
33. 33.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) skip it
34. 34.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) b
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings

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