Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 726 · 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 “together”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) h
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) h (b) w (c) s (d) b
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
6. 6.🔤 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
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) cupboard (b) honest (c) calm (d) foreign
9. 9.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) answer (c) foreign (d) yolk
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) t
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) w (c) p (d) s
13. 13.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) honest (b) walk (c) receipt (d) wrist
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) design (c) sword (d) talk
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
17. 17.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
20. 20.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) hour (c) answer (d) doubt
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) knob (b) half (c) talk (d) design
23. 23.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) h
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) lamb (c) design (d) raspberry
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) b
30. 30.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) b
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) rhino (c) wrist (d) knit
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) h
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) b

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