Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 733 · 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 a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) h
6. 6.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) t (b) p (c) s (d) b
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) p (c) s (d) h
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) h
11. 11.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) chewing gum as you talk
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
15. 15.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) p (c) s (d) k
17. 17.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) sign (c) foreign (d) write
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
20. 20.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) w
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) fasten (b) sign (c) walk (d) calm
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) s
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) fasten (c) knife (d) knot
28. 28.Which word has a silent b? (a) listen (b) foreign (c) cupboard (d) lamb
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) l (c) p (d) h
30. 30.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) w (c) b (d) t
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) calm (b) castle (c) knit (d) wrist
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) climb (c) write (d) palm
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) listen (c) rhino (d) answer
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) palm (c) comb (d) knee

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