Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 195 · 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 p? (a) wrist (b) climb (c) aisle (d) raspberry
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) island (c) write (d) doubt
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) p (b) b (c) g (d) k
4. 4.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) palm (c) wrap (d) design
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) dropping word endings (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
7. 7.Which word has a silent t? (a) knee (b) castle (c) walk (d) knob
8. 8.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
10. 10.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) write (c) wrist (d) knob
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) s (b) g (c) b (d) h
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
14. 14.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) k (c) l (d) t
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) fasten (c) debt (d) answer
17. 17.Which word has a silent h? (a) rhino (b) palm (c) cupboard (d) crumb
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) opening your mouth well (d) rushing long words
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) covering your mouth (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) checking names first
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) s
24. 24.Which word has a silent b? (a) sign (b) palm (c) glisten (d) doubt
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) g (b) t (c) k (d) b
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) island (b) knife (c) talk (d) honest
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) w (c) t (d) g
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) p (c) h (d) w
30. 30.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
32. 32.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) honest (c) rhino (d) wrist
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) k
36. 36.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
37. 37.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) w (c) t (d) b
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
40. 40.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear

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