Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 123 · 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) honest (b) foreign (c) wrist (d) doubt
2. 2.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) island (c) walk (d) hour
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) h (b) k (c) p (d) b
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
7. 7.Which word has a silent w? (a) climb (b) listen (c) wrist (d) island
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) k
9. 9.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
11. 11.Which word has a silent l? (a) doubt (b) honest (c) knob (d) palm
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) k
14. 14.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
15. 15.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) checking names first
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
18. 18.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) a steady pace
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) k (b) l (c) p (d) s
22. 22.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) two (c) receipt (d) wrap
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) palm (c) half (d) sword
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) t
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) l (b) p (c) g (d) b
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) h
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
29. 29.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) w
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) w (b) s (c) p (d) b
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) reign (c) doubt (d) rhino
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) opening your mouth well
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) p (b) l (c) k (d) g
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) debt (c) honest (d) calm
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) climb (c) rhino (d) write
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) k (c) p (d) w
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) t (b) w (c) b (d) k

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