Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 90 · 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 dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) half (b) talk (c) wrist (d) knife
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) g
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) debt (c) doubt (d) aisle
8. 8.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) crumb (c) castle (d) knot
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) t (c) h (d) w
10. 10.👅 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
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) s (c) b (d) p
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) h
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
15. 15.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) k (c) g (d) h
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) k (c) t (d) w
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) s (b) k (c) h (d) p
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) k
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) p (b) g (c) b (d) l
25. 25.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) covering your mouth
26. 26.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) glisten (c) comb (d) calm
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) h (b) b (c) g (d) l
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) crumb (b) hour (c) comb (d) lamb
30. 30.Which word has a silent s? (a) knit (b) wrist (c) aisle (d) hour
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) debt (c) island (d) raspberry
32. 32.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) half (b) raspberry (c) fasten (d) knob
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) p (c) s (d) b
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) receipt (b) doubt (c) lamb (d) wrap
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) climb (b) hour (c) knee (d) raspberry
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) w
38. 38.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
40. 40.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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