Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 89 · 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 checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) knee (b) sign (c) fasten (d) half
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
4. 4.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) fasten (c) crumb (d) knob
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) receipt (c) rhino (d) doubt
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) h (b) t (c) p (d) s
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) g (c) h (d) b
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) w
21. 21.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
24. 24.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) w (b) s (c) h (d) l
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) fasten (c) design (d) calm
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) listen (b) knit (c) aisle (d) foreign
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) h (c) w (d) k
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) h (b) t (c) b (d) l
32. 32.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
33. 33.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) l
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) h
36. 36.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
38. 38.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) checking names first
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk

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