Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 148 · 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 h? (a) foreign (b) knife (c) hour (d) folk
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) l
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
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 guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) chewing gum as you talk
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
11. 11.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
12. 12.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) sign (c) receipt (d) knit
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) receipt (c) honest (d) answer
15. 15.Which word has a silent k? (a) cupboard (b) half (c) calm (d) knife
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) t (b) s (c) l (d) k
17. 17.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) h
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) p
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) k
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
26. 26.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) h
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) l (c) h (d) g
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
31. 31.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) checking names first (d) covering your mouth
34. 34.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
35. 35.Which word has a silent t? (a) castle (b) climb (c) folk (d) calm
36. 36.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) s (c) w (d) l
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) b (b) p (c) t (d) k
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?

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