Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 129 · 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 of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) s (b) g (c) p (d) w
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) mumbling into your chest
6. 6.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) yolk (b) write (c) hour (d) climb
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) p (c) k (d) t
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) walk (c) sign (d) castle
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) g (c) t (d) p
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) t (b) w (c) h (d) g
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) s (b) l (c) k (d) p
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) knot (b) two (c) sign (d) listen
17. 17.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) foreign (c) rhino (d) knife
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
19. 19.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which word has a silent s? (a) comb (b) knob (c) island (d) rhino
21. 21.👅 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
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) g
24. 24.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) w (c) k (d) g
27. 27.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) receipt (b) raspberry (c) hour (d) aisle
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) h (b) s (c) p (d) k
30. 30.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) cupboard (c) half (d) crumb
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) b
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) h
35. 35.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) write (b) receipt (c) design (d) climb
40. 40.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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