Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 749 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
2. 2.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) rhino (b) comb (c) design (d) cupboard
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) b
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) comb (b) hour (c) folk (d) two
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) h
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
11. 11.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) s (c) g (d) k
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) l
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) knot (c) walk (d) listen
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) t (c) w (d) h
17. 17.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) debt (c) climb (d) fasten
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) half (c) crumb (d) sign
20. 20.Which word has a silent s? (a) knee (b) design (c) aisle (d) cupboard
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) w (c) t (d) g
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) p
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) b (c) s (d) w
24. 24.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) s (c) p (d) l
27. 27.Which word has a silent g? (a) write (b) cupboard (c) design (d) climb
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
30. 30.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) listen (c) calm (d) comb
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) two (c) raspberry (d) knob
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 of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) h (c) b (d) l
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) island (c) rhino (d) write

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