Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 724 · 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 breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) hour (c) raspberry (d) comb
6. 6.Which word has a silent g? (a) castle (b) island (c) honest (d) foreign
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) t (b) p (c) b (d) w
8. 8.Which word has a silent s? (a) sword (b) island (c) honest (d) talk
9. 9.👅 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
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) raspberry (c) write (d) yolk
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
15. 15.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) w (c) h (d) l
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) p (c) l (d) t
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) design (b) knee (c) calm (d) glisten
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) calm (c) design (d) two
27. 27.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) p
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) p (c) l (d) g
32. 32.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) h (b) s (c) k (d) t
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) b
37. 37.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) wrap (c) design (d) comb
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) island (c) wrist (d) rhino
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?

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