Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 207 · 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.👅 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
2. 2.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) answer (b) rhino (c) lamb (d) sword
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) t (c) h (d) w
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) knot (b) honest (c) island (d) design
8. 8.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrist (b) debt (c) wrap (d) island
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) s (c) h (d) l
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
11. 11.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
13. 13.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) saying word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
14. 14.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) skip the name
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) fasten (c) castle (d) raspberry
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) knot (b) cupboard (c) knee (d) palm
18. 18.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) calm (c) foreign (d) palm
21. 21.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) rushing long words (d) guessing a hard name
23. 23.Which word has a silent p? (a) rhino (b) half (c) raspberry (d) honest
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) rushing long words (c) opening your mouth well (d) chewing gum as you talk
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) talk (b) folk (c) design (d) knit
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) doubt (c) glisten (d) reign
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
28. 28.Which word has a silent h? (a) palm (b) design (c) knife (d) hour
29. 29.Which word has a silent t? (a) half (b) castle (c) honest (d) wrist
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
31. 31.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) w (c) s (d) g
33. 33.Which word has a silent l? (a) lamb (b) foreign (c) walk (d) knee
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) p (c) h (d) l
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) k (b) h (c) w (d) b
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) glisten (b) island (c) palm (d) knee
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) glisten (c) knit (d) palm
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) foreign (b) write (c) sign (d) comb
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) answer (c) cupboard (d) knob

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