Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 731 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) answer (b) climb (c) rhino (d) foreign
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) g (c) w (d) k
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) lamb (c) knee (d) sign
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
10. 10.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) t
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) raspberry (c) crumb (d) foreign
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) l
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) yolk (c) talk (d) fasten
21. 21.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) knee (c) aisle (d) walk
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) p
24. 24.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) wrist (c) comb (d) palm
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) saying word endings
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) k (c) h (d) g
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) knife (c) wrist (d) foreign
31. 31.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
33. 33.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) reign (b) knife (c) comb (d) fasten
35. 35.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) design (c) fasten (d) knee
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk

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