Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 79 · 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 a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) b (c) l (d) h
4. 4.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) s (c) w (d) k
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) b
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) l
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) climb (c) design (d) half
10. 10.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) t (b) k (c) h (d) g
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
13. 13.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
17. 17.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) sword (c) palm (d) honest
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) w
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) sign (c) cupboard (d) fasten
20. 20.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which word has a silent g? (a) debt (b) climb (c) hour (d) foreign
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
24. 24.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
26. 26.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
27. 27.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
28. 28.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) knob (b) write (c) talk (d) listen
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
32. 32.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) s (c) p (d) k
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) raspberry (c) honest (d) yolk
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) a steady pace
37. 37.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) sign (c) calm (d) folk
38. 38.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) palm (c) wrist (d) hour

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