Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 210 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent b? (a) honest (b) write (c) answer (d) comb
5. 5.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
7. 7.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) half (c) hour (d) wrap
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
9. 9.Which word has a silent l? (a) crumb (b) listen (c) reign (d) calm
10. 10.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) g (b) p (c) l (d) t
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) s (b) p (c) l (d) b
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) crumb (b) reign (c) knee (d) design
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) t (b) h (c) g (d) l
16. 16.Which word has a silent w? (a) hour (b) knot (c) wrap (d) glisten
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) knit (c) listen (d) write
18. 18.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) s
20. 20.Which word has a silent g? (a) hour (b) rhino (c) design (d) doubt
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) k (b) b (c) h (d) w
22. 22.Which word has a silent s? (a) knee (b) island (c) glisten (d) cupboard
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) cupboard (b) knee (c) aisle (d) knit
25. 25.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) guessing a hard name (d) dropping word endings
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) listen (c) rhino (d) receipt
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
29. 29.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
31. 31.Which word has a silent b? (a) debt (b) wrist (c) rhino (d) knob
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrist (b) raspberry (c) knee (d) glisten
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) k (c) p (d) h
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) covering your mouth (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
35. 35.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
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 “honest”? (a) l (b) k (c) p (d) h
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) w

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