Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 754 · 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 word has a silent b? (a) lamb (b) wrap (c) wrist (d) answer
2. 2.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) half (b) wrist (c) climb (d) knot
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) wrap (c) hour (d) castle
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) write (c) knee (d) design
10. 10.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) wrist (c) talk (d) island
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) k
13. 13.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) k
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) t
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) s (c) g (d) k
18. 18.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) g
20. 20.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) k (c) h (d) l
24. 24.Which word has a silent h? (a) raspberry (b) half (c) hour (d) glisten
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) b (c) l (d) p
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) foreign (c) fasten (d) knife
30. 30.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🔤 Does guessing a hard name 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 “loud”?
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) b (c) g (d) t
36. 36.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) w (c) t (d) l
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) h (c) p (d) l
39. 39.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) p (c) w (d) l

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