Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 88 · 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 rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) knob (c) knife (d) wrist
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) w
6. 6.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) k (b) h (c) p (d) g
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) b (c) g (d) w
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) foreign (c) write (d) knife
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) w
12. 12.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
13. 13.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
17. 17.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) checking names first (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) l
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
21. 21.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) talk (c) sign (d) fasten
22. 22.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) b
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) t (c) p (d) l
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) p (b) w (c) b (d) g
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) b
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) t
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) l (c) k (d) g
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) knot (c) rhino (d) castle
33. 33.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) raspberry (b) knife (c) folk (d) crumb
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) b (b) s (c) g (d) w
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) fasten (c) knee (d) folk
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) b (c) l (d) g
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first

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