Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 158 · 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 “crumb”? (a) l (b) w (c) g (d) b
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) g (b) s (c) p (d) w
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) making people sleepy (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) t
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
7. 7.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
9. 9.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) g (b) t (c) h (d) s
12. 12.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) g
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
15. 15.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) crumb (c) reign (d) folk
19. 19.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
20. 20.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) b (c) g (d) p
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) palm (c) aisle (d) receipt
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) t
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) t (b) s (c) k (d) g
28. 28.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) lamb (c) walk (d) reign
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) w (b) s (c) t (d) b
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) knot (c) fasten (d) knit
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) s
33. 33.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) rushing long words (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) mumbling into your chest
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) hour (b) design (c) aisle (d) knee
37. 37.Which word has a silent l? (a) knife (b) lamb (c) yolk (d) knee
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) design (c) raspberry (d) debt
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) raspberry (c) sword (d) reign

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