Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 175 · 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 word has a silent s? (a) sword (b) talk (c) aisle (d) hour
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) w (c) p (d) s
3. 3.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) b
5. 5.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk 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 “cricket”?
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) k (b) s (c) h (d) g
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) p (c) g (d) l
10. 10.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
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) a steady pace (b) saying word endings (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) w (b) k (c) h (d) t
16. 16.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) saying word endings
18. 18.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) crumb (b) foreign (c) island (d) aisle
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) rushing long words (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) h (b) p (c) s (d) l
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent h? (a) folk (b) comb (c) wrist (d) hour
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) s (b) p (c) g (d) h
26. 26.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which word has a silent l? (a) debt (b) walk (c) reign (d) knob
28. 28.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) a steady pace (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) h (c) t (d) b
30. 30.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) island (c) raspberry (d) answer
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent t? (a) yolk (b) lamb (c) talk (d) glisten
35. 35.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) aisle (c) sign (d) glisten
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) rushing long words
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?

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