Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 122 · 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 “pronunciation”?
2. 2.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) raspberry (c) climb (d) debt
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) h
5. 5.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) folk (c) sword (d) debt
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) p (c) w (d) g
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) hour (c) wrist (d) yolk
8. 8.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) s (c) b (d) g
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) write (c) comb (d) calm
12. 12.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) design (c) half (d) two
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) t (b) p (c) g (d) h
14. 14.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) knob (c) listen (d) two
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) b (b) w (c) h (d) t
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) design (b) sign (c) glisten (d) wrist
20. 20.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
23. 23.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) checking names first
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrap (b) palm (c) receipt (d) climb
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) design (b) raspberry (c) aisle (d) listen
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) wrist (c) raspberry (d) rhino
27. 27.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) h
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
30. 30.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) h (b) s (c) b (d) l
33. 33.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) t (b) s (c) w (d) k
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
37. 37.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrap (b) comb (c) reign (d) answer
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
40. 40.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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