Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 161 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
2. 2.Which word has a silent g? (a) comb (b) debt (c) foreign (d) write
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) two (b) sword (c) castle (d) reign
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) doubt (b) island (c) knot (d) rhino
5. 5.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) comb (c) yolk (d) honest
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) s (c) w (d) h
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) climb (b) hour (c) knife (d) reign
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) h (c) b (d) w
10. 10.Which word has a silent t? (a) knit (b) knob (c) hour (d) listen
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) folk (c) rhino (d) wrap
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) h (b) t (c) k (d) b
14. 14.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
15. 15.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) w
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) b (b) h (c) l (d) w
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent l? (a) write (b) foreign (c) aisle (d) calm
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) g (c) s (d) b
22. 22.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.Which word has a silent l? (a) answer (b) knob (c) aisle (d) half
24. 24.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
26. 26.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) whisper it (d) break it into syllables
27. 27.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) t (c) w (d) b
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) b (c) t (d) h
30. 30.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) yolk (c) hour (d) wrap
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
32. 32.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) two (c) fasten (d) wrap
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
35. 35.Which word has a silent w? (a) palm (b) wrap (c) calm (d) reign
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) g (b) l (c) h (d) k
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) l
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) p (c) t (d) w
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) tongue twister warm-ups
40. 40.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) knife (c) cupboard (d) climb

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