Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 170 · 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 “walk”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) b
2. 2.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) t (b) b (c) s (d) g
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) knot (b) comb (c) sword (d) wrist
7. 7.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) yolk (c) half (d) knob
9. 9.Which word has a silent p? (a) glisten (b) yolk (c) knot (d) raspberry
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) b (c) g (d) w
13. 13.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
14. 14.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) climb (c) castle (d) lamb
15. 15.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) sword (c) honest (d) comb
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) mumbling into your chest
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) s (c) b (d) w
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) castle (c) knit (d) doubt
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) two (b) knee (c) folk (d) debt
22. 22.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) h
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well 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 “clear”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent s? (a) rhino (b) listen (c) two (d) island
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) reign (b) glisten (c) wrist (d) climb
28. 28.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) correct stress (d) a good pause
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) g (b) p (c) l (d) w
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
32. 32.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) whisper it
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) honest (c) listen (d) half
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) s
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) l (c) p (d) k
37. 37.Which word has a silent g? (a) island (b) calm (c) climb (d) design
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) a steady pace (d) dropping word endings
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) g

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