Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 80 · 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) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) p (c) w (d) l
5. 5.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) glisten (c) raspberry (d) island
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) t
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) two (c) design (d) doubt
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
13. 13.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) guessing a hard name
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) k (c) l (d) b
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) cupboard (c) lamb (d) half
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) h
18. 18.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
20. 20.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) k
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) b
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
26. 26.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) raspberry (c) comb (d) castle
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) palm (c) wrist (d) two
30. 30.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) b (b) h (c) p (d) l
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) k
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) half (c) crumb (d) glisten
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) k
35. 35.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) t (c) k (d) w
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
38. 38.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) climb (c) wrist (d) reign
40. 40.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) knob (c) receipt (d) castle

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