Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 91 · 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 “imagination”?
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) t (c) h (d) g
6. 6.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) h
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) cupboard (b) walk (c) knob (d) yolk
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) g
12. 12.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) p (c) b (d) w
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) correct stress
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrap (b) sword (c) foreign (d) aisle
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) palm (b) knit (c) hour (d) raspberry
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) w (c) t (d) b
19. 19.Which word has a silent s? (a) knit (b) comb (c) island (d) glisten
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) b
22. 22.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) crumb (c) foreign (d) walk
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
25. 25.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
28. 28.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) write (c) reign (d) wrap
30. 30.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) honest (c) wrist (d) hour
32. 32.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) listen (b) castle (c) calm (d) reign
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) cupboard (c) walk (d) foreign
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) p (c) t (d) b
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) g
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) l (b) t (c) s (d) k
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
40. 40.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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