Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 83 · 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 dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) t (b) g (c) p (d) k
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) l (c) w (d) p
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) rhino (c) answer (d) walk
8. 8.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) h
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) b
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) s (c) t (d) b
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) s (b) k (c) w (d) t
18. 18.Which word has a silent h? (a) knot (b) answer (c) rhino (d) foreign
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
22. 22.Which word has a silent g? (a) calm (b) sword (c) fasten (d) sign
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) k
25. 25.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) listen (c) knit (d) design
27. 27.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) write (c) knob (d) honest
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
29. 29.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
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 of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) b
36. 36.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) yolk (c) knob (d) wrap
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) yolk (c) crumb (d) reign
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) island (c) crumb (d) aisle

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