Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 115 · 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 p? (a) knee (b) receipt (c) sword (d) calm
2. 2.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) calm (b) crumb (c) wrist (d) honest
5. 5.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) p (c) h (d) t
7. 7.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.Which word has a silent l? (a) knit (b) walk (c) aisle (d) receipt
9. 9.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
10. 10.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) cupboard (c) wrist (d) island
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) t
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) p
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) folk (c) hour (d) sword
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) w (b) l (c) h (d) g
17. 17.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) crumb (b) knee (c) rhino (d) castle
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) l
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
22. 22.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
23. 23.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) say it in one rush (d) whisper it
25. 25.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent h? (a) palm (b) hour (c) receipt (d) comb
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) write (b) climb (c) doubt (d) yolk
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
29. 29.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) knife (c) honest (d) sign
30. 30.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) sword (c) knob (d) glisten
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
33. 33.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) honest (c) glisten (d) knob
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) w
37. 37.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) cupboard (c) knob (d) island
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) b (b) w (c) t (d) s
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name

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