Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 144 · 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 helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
2. 2.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
4. 4.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) design (c) knit (d) wrist
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) h
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) rhino (c) climb (d) knife
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) talk (c) doubt (d) raspberry
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) t (c) h (d) k
11. 11.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) write (c) answer (d) climb
15. 15.📖 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
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) reign (c) sword (d) doubt
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) l (c) s (d) h
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) knot (c) debt (d) two
22. 22.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent t? (a) glisten (b) answer (c) hour (d) calm
25. 25.Which word has a silent s? (a) fasten (b) answer (c) calm (d) aisle
26. 26.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) honest (c) knee (d) sword
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) cupboard (b) comb (c) climb (d) rhino
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent l? (a) castle (b) raspberry (c) rhino (d) yolk
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) h (c) w (d) b
33. 33.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) testing your hearing
34. 34.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) aisle (c) knee (d) lamb
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) foreign (c) write (d) rhino
37. 37.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) reign (c) wrist (d) folk
38. 38.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) calm (c) knob (d) half
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) h (c) w (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) p (b) b (c) t (d) k

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