Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 10 · 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 consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) b
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) h (c) w (d) b
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) fasten (c) yolk (d) half
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) p (c) l (d) w
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) g
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
7. 7.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) climb (c) rhino (d) knee
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) knob (c) yolk (d) answer
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) knit (b) crumb (c) honest (d) cupboard
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) w (b) l (c) p (d) s
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) rhino (c) receipt (d) sign
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) l
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) listen (b) fasten (c) cupboard (d) knit
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) g (c) t (d) l
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
25. 25.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) t (c) w (d) s
29. 29.🔤 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
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) h
31. 31.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
32. 32.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) half (c) palm (d) raspberry
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) s (b) g (c) b (d) w
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) b
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) listen (c) knife (d) foreign
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) two (c) calm (d) comb
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) g
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) g
40. 40.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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