Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 187 · 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 “talk”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) w
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) w (c) k (d) l
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) l (b) w (c) k (d) g
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) chewing gum as you talk
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) wrap (c) talk (d) wrist
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) answer (b) aisle (c) write (d) design
11. 11.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) honest (c) design (d) two
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) checking names first
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
16. 16.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) s (b) k (c) p (d) w
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) opening your mouth well
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
20. 20.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) glisten (c) debt (d) design
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) g
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) p (b) g (c) k (d) l
23. 23.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) climb (c) reign (d) knife
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) yolk (b) reign (c) doubt (d) comb
25. 25.Which word has a silent p? (a) island (b) cupboard (c) lamb (d) comb
26. 26.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) debt (c) crumb (d) listen
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) h (b) g (c) p (d) l
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) walk (c) knot (d) aisle
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) t (b) b (c) l (d) k
31. 31.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
32. 32.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) rushing long words
34. 34.Which word has a silent k? (a) castle (b) folk (c) knee (d) reign
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
37. 37.👅 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
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
39. 39.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) saying word endings
40. 40.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech

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