Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 166 · 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 “receipt”? (a) k (b) p (c) t (d) h
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) b (b) t (c) p (d) l
3. 3.Which word has a silent p? (a) castle (b) foreign (c) rhino (d) cupboard
4. 4.👅 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
5. 5.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) sword (b) honest (c) palm (d) lamb
7. 7.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.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
9. 9.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
10. 10.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) honest (c) crumb (d) knob
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
12. 12.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) knee (c) castle (d) knob
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) g
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) knit (c) yolk (d) island
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
20. 20.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) raspberry (c) crumb (d) wrist
22. 22.Which word has a silent k? (a) write (b) climb (c) knot (d) honest
23. 23.Which word has a silent b? (a) hour (b) honest (c) comb (d) raspberry
24. 24.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
25. 25.Which word has a silent b? (a) sword (b) raspberry (c) doubt (d) talk
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) b
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) t
28. 28.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) k (c) b (d) t
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) l
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
32. 32.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
35. 35.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) k
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) l
39. 39.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) h

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