Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 162 · 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 “half”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) k
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) h
4. 4.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) receipt (b) aisle (c) two (d) sign
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) design (b) climb (c) knob (d) listen
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) write (c) hour (d) fasten
9. 9.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) design (b) knee (c) aisle (d) write
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
13. 13.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
15. 15.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) walk (b) calm (c) rhino (d) talk
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) w (b) h (c) p (d) b
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) half (c) knee (d) aisle
19. 19.Which word has a silent t? (a) write (b) sword (c) listen (d) honest
20. 20.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) g (c) k (d) b
25. 25.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) p (c) w (d) t
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) l (b) s (c) k (d) t
29. 29.Which word has a silent p? (a) knife (b) raspberry (c) calm (d) comb
30. 30.🔤 Does a steady pace 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 “imagination”?
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) island (b) foreign (c) calm (d) knee
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) receipt (c) wrap (d) knob
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) b (b) p (c) w (d) k
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) aisle (b) wrist (c) half (d) cupboard
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) raspberry (b) lamb (c) wrist (d) honest

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