Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 750 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) h (c) b (d) t
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) t
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) p
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) l
9. 9.🔤 Does a steady pace 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 “together”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) castle (b) wrap (c) write (d) raspberry
12. 12.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) glisten (c) rhino (d) knit
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) p (c) g (d) b
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
15. 15.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) folk (c) knot (d) doubt
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) raspberry (c) palm (d) talk
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) b (c) k (d) w
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) l (c) s (d) k
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) walk (b) answer (c) island (d) half
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) wrap (c) doubt (d) aisle
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) g
28. 28.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) b
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) receipt (c) reign (d) write
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings

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