Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 156 · 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 “comb”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) w
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) checking names first
3. 3.Which word has a silent g? (a) hour (b) foreign (c) castle (d) doubt
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) receipt (b) castle (c) sign (d) knot
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) listen (b) comb (c) knit (d) fasten
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
9. 9.Which word has a silent w? (a) folk (b) lamb (c) fasten (d) answer
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) glisten (c) cupboard (d) debt
12. 12.📖 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) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) receipt (c) raspberry (d) lamb
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) w
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) p (c) s (d) k
16. 16.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
18. 18.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) sword (b) knob (c) calm (d) comb
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) k (c) t (d) p
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
23. 23.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) fasten (b) climb (c) cupboard (d) calm
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) knob (b) rhino (c) knee (d) wrist
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
29. 29.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) s (b) b (c) w (d) l
32. 32.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) knit (c) raspberry (d) calm
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
37. 37.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings
38. 38.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) h (b) s (c) p (d) l
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) cupboard (c) knot (d) design

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