Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 737 · 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 covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) p
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) palm (c) debt (d) knife
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) l (c) s (d) w
7. 7.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) knot (c) reign (d) wrist
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) calm (b) listen (c) raspberry (d) debt
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) t (c) l (d) b
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) b (c) p (d) t
18. 18.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) h
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) sign (b) wrist (c) doubt (d) island
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) cupboard (c) write (d) doubt
25. 25.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) castle (c) knee (d) knot
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) p (b) l (c) k (d) b
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) l (b) h (c) b (d) k
29. 29.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) debt (c) folk (d) glisten
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) w (b) p (c) s (d) h
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) design (c) fasten (d) comb
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
35. 35.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
38. 38.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) t (c) g (d) k
40. 40.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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