Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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