Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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