Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 86 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.Which word has a silent s? (a) folk (b) island (c) yolk (d) talk
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
5. 5.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) tongue twister warm-ups
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) l (b) p (c) t (d) b
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) g
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) s
14. 14.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) wrist (c) knit (d) write
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) w
16. 16.Which word has a silent l? (a) aisle (b) lamb (c) doubt (d) half
17. 17.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) write (c) crumb (d) hour
18. 18.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) foreign (c) folk (d) write
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
23. 23.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) raspberry (c) answer (d) folk
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) t
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) b
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) p (c) b (d) w
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
30. 30.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
32. 32.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
35. 35.🔤 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
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) g (c) k (d) b
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) lamb (b) listen (c) raspberry (d) yolk
38. 38.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) h
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) w (c) g (d) p

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