Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 756 · 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) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) cupboard (c) aisle (d) palm
5. 5.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) cupboard (b) island (c) crumb (d) raspberry
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) t
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
10. 10.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) p
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) s (c) p (d) h
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) l
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) b (c) p (d) g
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) k
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) b (c) s (d) h
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) b (b) l (c) s (d) t
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrap (b) rhino (c) knob (d) comb
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) t (b) l (c) g (d) b
28. 28.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) hour (c) listen (d) yolk
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) crumb (b) hour (c) knit (d) aisle
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) g (b) l (c) t (d) k
36. 36.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) s (c) l (d) g
40. 40.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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