Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 172 · 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 “castle”? (a) k (b) t (c) s (d) l
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) h (c) s (d) k
5. 5.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) b
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 word has a silent g? (a) climb (b) reign (c) listen (d) knob
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) k (c) b (d) g
11. 11.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) breaking long words up (d) opening your mouth well
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) w (b) s (c) g (d) l
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
17. 17.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) cupboard (c) aisle (d) listen
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) lamb (c) sword (d) rhino
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) h (b) k (c) t (d) g
22. 22.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) p
24. 24.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) t
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.Which word has a silent s? (a) comb (b) sign (c) island (d) palm
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) castle (b) raspberry (c) hour (d) talk
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
31. 31.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 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
33. 33.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
34. 34.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) k (c) w (d) t
36. 36.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) rushing long words
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) l (c) k (d) b
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) h (b) l (c) t (d) s
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) reign (b) cupboard (c) rhino (d) write
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?

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