Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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