Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 747 · 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) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
4. 4.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) h (c) w (d) s
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) sword (c) lamb (d) knob
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) l
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) b (c) l (d) t
13. 13.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) folk (c) lamb (d) wrist
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
23. 23.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) talk (c) reign (d) answer
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) h
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) t
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) t
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) design (c) two (d) palm
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) w (c) l (d) b
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) glisten (b) climb (c) aisle (d) calm
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) glisten (c) rhino (d) knot
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) g (b) w (c) s (d) h
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) l
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) doubt (c) glisten (d) hour
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?

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