Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 169 · 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 “lamb”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) b
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) p
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) receipt (b) talk (c) debt (d) raspberry
5. 5.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) b (c) s (d) l
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) b
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) t (b) k (c) w (d) g
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) design (c) write (d) receipt
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) knee (c) write (d) glisten
19. 19.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) sign (c) knot (d) knob
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) t
21. 21.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
22. 22.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) two (c) honest (d) crumb
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) talk (c) design (d) answer
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
25. 25.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) whisper it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
26. 26.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) checking names first (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) t
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) t (b) w (c) p (d) k
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) reign (c) climb (d) wrist
31. 31.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) g (c) w (d) t
33. 33.Which word has a silent t? (a) foreign (b) raspberry (c) answer (d) glisten
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) b
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) fasten (b) comb (c) calm (d) island
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
39. 39.Which word has a silent k? (a) walk (b) comb (c) lamb (d) knot
40. 40.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth

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