Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 108 · 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 “debt”? (a) w (b) b (c) h (d) k
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
3. 3.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) knob (c) calm (d) fasten
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) hour (b) doubt (c) palm (d) two
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) g (c) t (d) s
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) h (c) w (d) l
12. 12.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) wrist (c) knife (d) knit
16. 16.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) write (b) wrap (c) two (d) half
19. 19.Which word has a silent w? (a) lamb (b) write (c) aisle (d) knee
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) knife (c) cupboard (d) two
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) t (b) h (c) k (d) b
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) b (c) k (d) s
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) p (b) t (c) s (d) w
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) debt (b) knee (c) cupboard (d) glisten
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) guessing a hard name
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) t (b) w (c) p (d) h
30. 30.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) aisle (c) raspberry (d) knot
32. 32.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) sign (c) foreign (d) fasten
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) yolk (c) climb (d) hour
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) doubt (b) reign (c) raspberry (d) glisten
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) k
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) l
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words

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