Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 178 · 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 “wrap”? (a) s (b) t (c) w (d) b
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) w
3. 3.Which word has a silent p? (a) raspberry (b) knot (c) two (d) castle
4. 4.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
5. 5.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) breaking long words up
6. 6.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) p (b) h (c) s (d) g
8. 8.Which word has a silent h? (a) foreign (b) hour (c) cupboard (d) wrap
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) g (c) t (d) l
10. 10.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) knob (c) wrap (d) rhino
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) climb (c) wrap (d) write
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) p
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) b (c) g (d) w
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) rushing long words
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) t (c) k (d) s
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) wrist (c) knee (d) knob
20. 20.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) k
22. 22.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) h (c) p (d) w
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) b (b) s (c) t (d) l
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) opening your mouth well
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) p (b) b (c) s (d) h
29. 29.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🔤 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
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) p (b) h (c) l (d) t
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) l
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) b (c) t (d) k
35. 35.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) h
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
38. 38.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) checking names first (c) rushing long words (d) breaking long words up
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) k (b) h (c) g (d) b
40. 40.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings

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