Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 125 · 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 k? (a) honest (b) climb (c) two (d) knife
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) knee (c) foreign (d) honest
3. 3.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) t (b) p (c) g (d) k
7. 7.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) design (c) knife (d) folk
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) t (c) s (d) w
11. 11.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.📖 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
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) l (c) b (d) g
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) b
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) p (b) t (c) g (d) k
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) t (c) k (d) l
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) g
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) h (c) t (d) p
25. 25.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) receipt (c) palm (d) knot
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) w (b) h (c) k (d) l
27. 27.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
28. 28.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) t (b) l (c) h (d) b
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) cupboard (b) knit (c) knot (d) lamb
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) guessing a hard name
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) k (b) b (c) l (d) p
33. 33.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) h (c) k (d) t
36. 36.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.Which word has a silent s? (a) knob (b) walk (c) knee (d) aisle
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) w
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) g (b) l (c) s (d) p

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