Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 99 · 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.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
3. 3.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) t (b) h (c) l (d) s
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) l
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) knob (b) lamb (c) honest (d) wrist
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) walk (b) fasten (c) knob (d) rhino
10. 10.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) covering your mouth
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) b
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) knife (c) foreign (d) rhino
14. 14.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent s? (a) lamb (b) walk (c) yolk (d) aisle
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) b (c) t (d) k
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) g (c) h (d) k
23. 23.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
25. 25.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) g
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) b (c) s (d) w
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) s (c) t (d) b
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) w (c) l (d) k
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
33. 33.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) receipt (c) rhino (d) knit
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) g (b) p (c) k (d) h
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) knife (c) walk (d) lamb
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) calm (c) glisten (d) climb
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?

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