Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 154 · 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 “two”? (a) b (b) w (c) g (d) k
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) fasten (c) hour (d) raspberry
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent p? (a) design (b) cupboard (c) knee (d) write
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) p
9. 9.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) palm (c) rhino (d) wrap
10. 10.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) p (b) w (c) g (d) h
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) walk (c) design (d) castle
14. 14.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) wrist (c) aisle (d) knit
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) w
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) s (b) w (c) p (d) b
19. 19.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) fasten (c) cupboard (d) castle
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) p
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) rhino (c) castle (d) knot
24. 24.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) folk (c) knit (d) knife
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) l (d) s
30. 30.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) b
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) b
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
38. 38.Which word has a silent t? (a) calm (b) knob (c) castle (d) island
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) t (c) g (d) k

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