Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 73 · 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.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) write (c) folk (d) knit
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
7. 7.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) climb (c) honest (d) foreign
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) p
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrist (b) sign (c) rhino (d) yolk
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) write (c) glisten (d) design
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) k (c) b (d) l
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) knob (c) island (d) cupboard
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) t (b) k (c) g (d) b
20. 20.Which word has a silent w? (a) talk (b) knit (c) yolk (d) wrist
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) s
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) t (b) h (c) l (d) p
23. 23.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
26. 26.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) h (b) l (c) w (d) t
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
32. 32.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👅 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
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) l
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) p
39. 39.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) t (b) p (c) g (d) s

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