Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 739 · 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 rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
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 “foreign”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) l
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) climb (c) knob (d) lamb
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) b (c) w (d) h
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) h (c) b (d) p
7. 7.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
9. 9.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) p (c) t (d) b
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) s
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) h (c) b (d) g
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) folk (c) castle (d) crumb
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) listen (b) half (c) doubt (d) hour
20. 20.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) h (c) w (d) k
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) w
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) p
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) island (c) knit (d) palm
27. 27.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) p (c) t (d) k
32. 32.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) listen (c) sign (d) wrist
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) climb (b) yolk (c) raspberry (d) aisle
38. 38.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) talk (c) wrap (d) rhino
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) s (c) l (d) w
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) two (b) reign (c) island (d) climb

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