Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 107 · 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 word has a silent h? (a) wrist (b) knob (c) hour (d) knit
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
3. 3.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) debt (c) yolk (d) honest
5. 5.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) reign (c) listen (d) wrap
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
8. 8.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) design (c) castle (d) crumb
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) h (b) p (c) s (d) k
11. 11.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which word has a silent p? (a) sign (b) calm (c) receipt (d) doubt
13. 13.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) p
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) l
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) hour (c) listen (d) cupboard
17. 17.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) wrist (c) palm (d) knot
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) doubt (b) palm (c) knob (d) raspberry
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) breaking long words up
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) calm (b) cupboard (c) rhino (d) knot
22. 22.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
24. 24.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
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 s? (a) folk (b) lamb (c) design (d) island
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
29. 29.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) design (c) knee (d) talk
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) h
34. 34.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) comb (c) yolk (d) aisle
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) g (c) p (d) k
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) castle (b) raspberry (c) knife (d) palm
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) k (c) b (d) p
38. 38.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) sword (c) knife (d) climb
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) w
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?

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