Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 93 · 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 “listen”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent s? (a) wrist (b) fasten (c) palm (d) island
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) rhino (c) lamb (d) knob
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) raspberry (c) sword (d) doubt
6. 6.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) mumble it quickly
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
10. 10.Which word has a silent g? (a) hour (b) climb (c) doubt (d) design
11. 11.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
14. 14.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) t (c) b (d) g
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) island (b) receipt (c) two (d) climb
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) g
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) two (b) comb (c) sword (d) knife
24. 24.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
25. 25.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) two (c) answer (d) wrist
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) raspberry (b) climb (c) honest (d) listen
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) foreign (c) sword (d) lamb
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) s
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
31. 31.Which word has a silent l? (a) foreign (b) knife (c) castle (d) half
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) b
34. 34.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) l (b) t (c) b (d) h
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) p
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) t
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) covering your mouth
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) h

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