Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 114 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) hour (c) write (d) folk
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) walk (c) talk (d) knife
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) s (b) w (c) h (d) l
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
6. 6.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) ask and practise it (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) l
9. 9.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) s (b) h (c) k (d) p
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) design (c) debt (d) raspberry
12. 12.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) whisper it
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) w (c) h (d) t
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
15. 15.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
17. 17.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) t
19. 19.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) b
21. 21.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) p
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) answer (c) comb (d) knit
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) sword (c) listen (d) palm
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
29. 29.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) checking names first
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) h (c) g (d) t
31. 31.Which word has a silent s? (a) design (b) island (c) hour (d) knit
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) l
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) walk (b) fasten (c) aisle (d) crumb
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) h
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) l
38. 38.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) dropping word endings
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) reign (c) cupboard (d) comb
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?

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