Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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