Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 730 · 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 “imagination”?
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) wrist (c) island (d) glisten
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) knob (c) knife (d) folk
7. 7.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) t
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) b
14. 14.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
16. 16.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) l (c) s (d) w
18. 18.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) l (c) t (d) k
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) crumb (c) knit (d) cupboard
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) k
26. 26.👅 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
27. 27.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) folk (b) raspberry (c) debt (d) hour
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) knife (b) crumb (c) cupboard (d) sign
31. 31.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) t
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) climb (b) wrap (c) knee (d) honest
34. 34.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) yolk (c) aisle (d) knife
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) s (b) k (c) h (d) t
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) rhino (c) half (d) answer

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