Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 751 · 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 “mic”?
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) g
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
4. 4.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) listen (c) climb (d) talk
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) two (c) listen (d) cupboard
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) crumb (c) lamb (d) wrap
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
10. 10.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👅 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
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) k
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) crumb (c) receipt (d) raspberry
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) h
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) glisten (c) half (d) doubt
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) folk (b) half (c) knob (d) yolk
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) rushing long words
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) b
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) g (c) s (d) t
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) p (b) g (c) h (d) b
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) h (c) k (d) b
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) s (c) l (d) t
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
31. 31.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) talk (b) honest (c) knee (d) knit
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent p? (a) comb (b) foreign (c) palm (d) receipt
36. 36.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) two (c) island (d) knob
37. 37.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
38. 38.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) knob (c) sign (d) doubt
40. 40.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) hour (c) calm (d) folk

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