Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 725 · 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 “example”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) folk (c) sign (d) listen
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) calm (c) two (d) wrist
6. 6.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) foreign (c) climb (d) aisle
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) write (c) folk (d) debt
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) g
11. 11.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) wrist (c) knob (d) honest
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) s (c) g (d) t
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) b
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) p
17. 17.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
19. 19.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
23. 23.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) receipt (c) aisle (d) knot
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) hour (c) walk (d) knit
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) t
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) yolk (c) talk (d) hour
29. 29.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) b
32. 32.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) knot (c) aisle (d) comb
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
37. 37.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) half (c) castle (d) debt
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) k (c) s (d) g

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