Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 741 · 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.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) g
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) sign (c) aisle (d) debt
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
5. 5.👅 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
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) cupboard (b) fasten (c) lamb (d) knife
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) t (c) g (d) b
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) g (b) t (c) s (d) b
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) receipt (c) honest (d) island
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) wrap (c) knit (d) listen
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) island (c) answer (d) knee
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) calm (c) aisle (d) honest
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) h (b) p (c) b (d) t
25. 25.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) folk (b) climb (c) design (d) raspberry
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
28. 28.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) palm (c) design (d) doubt
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) g
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
35. 35.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) crumb (c) calm (d) cupboard
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) p (c) g (d) s
39. 39.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
40. 40.Which word has a silent t? (a) knit (b) listen (c) talk (d) palm

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