Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 729 · 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 mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) p
3. 3.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrist (b) knit (c) knob (d) hour
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) sign (b) knot (c) climb (d) design
7. 7.Which word has a silent s? (a) walk (b) sign (c) receipt (d) island
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
10. 10.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
12. 12.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) b (c) k (d) p
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) h
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) k (c) g (d) b
19. 19.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) t (b) g (c) s (d) h
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
22. 22.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
24. 24.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) sign (b) receipt (c) comb (d) folk
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
29. 29.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) answer (c) knife (d) rhino
34. 34.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) island (c) fasten (d) raspberry
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) h
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) receipt (c) folk (d) reign
38. 38.Which word has a silent l? (a) cupboard (b) half (c) receipt (d) crumb
39. 39.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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