Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 723 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) talk (c) castle (d) climb
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
8. 8.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) write (c) yolk (d) knot
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) g (b) l (c) p (d) k
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) l (c) b (d) k
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) s
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) island (b) cupboard (c) castle (d) knee
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
17. 17.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which word has a silent g? (a) walk (b) castle (c) sign (d) raspberry
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) l
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) hour (c) honest (d) two
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
25. 25.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) foreign (c) rhino (d) castle
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
28. 28.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) t (b) g (c) b (d) k
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) t
32. 32.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) aisle (c) knit (d) foreign
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) aisle (c) wrap (d) honest
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
35. 35.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) yolk (c) debt (d) write
39. 39.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) g (c) l (d) k

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