Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 164 · 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.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) p (b) h (c) g (d) l
3. 3.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) saying word endings (d) rushing long words
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) h (b) w (c) b (d) l
5. 5.Which word has a silent h? (a) foreign (b) two (c) hour (d) answer
6. 6.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrist (b) aisle (c) receipt (d) honest
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
8. 8.🔤 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
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) dropping word endings (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) walk (c) palm (d) knit
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) t (b) p (c) l (d) g
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
15. 15.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) p
17. 17.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) comb (c) knot (d) write
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) h
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) reign (b) foreign (c) cupboard (d) doubt
23. 23.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) p (c) w (d) b
25. 25.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) p
28. 28.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) walk (c) cupboard (d) answer
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) comb (c) doubt (d) island
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) h
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) island (b) sword (c) two (d) knife
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) covering your mouth (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
36. 36.Which word has a silent k? (a) hour (b) rhino (c) raspberry (d) knob
37. 37.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) knit (b) sign (c) listen (d) knife
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) w (b) p (c) b (d) l
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) s (c) h (d) w

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