Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 748 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
3. 3.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) b
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) comb (c) reign (d) wrist
7. 7.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) t
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) g (c) p (d) s
11. 11.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) b
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) wrist (c) yolk (d) island
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) h (b) k (c) b (d) s
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
17. 17.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) lamb (c) wrist (d) yolk
20. 20.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) honest (c) knot (d) write
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) knob (c) wrist (d) listen
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) crumb (c) folk (d) climb
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) t
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
28. 28.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) cupboard (c) knee (d) reign
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) s (c) t (d) g
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) knit (b) listen (c) lamb (d) fasten
31. 31.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) p
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) h
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) w
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?

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