Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 98 · 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 “communication”?
2. 2.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) w (b) h (c) l (d) g
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
7. 7.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
9. 9.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) sign (c) foreign (d) aisle
10. 10.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) t (c) h (d) l
14. 14.Which word has a silent t? (a) foreign (b) fasten (c) lamb (d) wrist
15. 15.Which word has a silent s? (a) lamb (b) island (c) climb (d) listen
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) castle (c) doubt (d) comb
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) yolk (b) knob (c) foreign (d) two
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) p
20. 20.Which word has a silent t? (a) hour (b) write (c) palm (d) listen
21. 21.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
23. 23.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) a steady pace
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) b (c) t (d) k
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) k
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
35. 35.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) warming up clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) p (b) l (c) h (d) g
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) s (c) w (d) k
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) p (c) g (d) k
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) w (c) k (d) b

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