Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 752 · 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 opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) s (b) k (c) l (d) g
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) receipt (b) glisten (c) cupboard (d) wrap
8. 8.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) t (b) l (c) h (d) p
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) fasten (b) sign (c) honest (d) listen
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 “knee”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) g
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) fasten (c) knob (d) listen
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) s
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) l
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
21. 21.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) chewing gum as you talk
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) k
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) rhino (b) half (c) climb (d) yolk
26. 26.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) fasten (c) receipt (d) sign
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) cupboard (c) calm (d) two
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) k (b) g (c) t (d) h
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) knee (c) rhino (d) calm
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) talk (c) castle (d) crumb
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) h
38. 38.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) talk (c) honest (d) wrist
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) h

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