Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 87 · 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 guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) t
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) chewing gum as you talk
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) t
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
10. 10.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) knob (c) lamb (d) receipt
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) half (c) sword (d) reign
13. 13.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) castle (c) knob (d) rhino
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) h
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) half (b) knit (c) foreign (d) two
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
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 word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) knit (c) folk (d) lamb
20. 20.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
21. 21.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) k (c) w (d) l
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) g (c) p (d) k
27. 27.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) b
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) g (c) s (d) h
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) h (b) t (c) s (d) g
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) t
35. 35.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) sign (c) yolk (d) castle
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) t (b) s (c) b (d) l
37. 37.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) design (b) knife (c) cupboard (d) write
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) h
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) knot (b) honest (c) knob (d) raspberry

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