Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 84 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) g
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) s (c) t (d) w
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) s
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent h? (a) yolk (b) honest (c) listen (d) receipt
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) b
9. 9.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) g
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) b (c) p (d) h
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) wrap (c) doubt (d) knit
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) sword (b) knob (c) yolk (d) sign
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) castle (c) talk (d) receipt
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
21. 21.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) b (c) p (d) h
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.Which word has a silent s? (a) debt (b) aisle (c) answer (d) walk
32. 32.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) k
36. 36.Which word has a silent t? (a) folk (b) castle (c) debt (d) knob
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) knife (c) debt (d) yolk
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) s (b) b (c) t (d) w
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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