Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 211 · 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 h? (a) crumb (b) knob (c) honest (d) doubt
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) receipt (c) answer (d) fasten
5. 5.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
7. 7.Which word has a silent g? (a) receipt (b) design (c) wrap (d) rhino
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) h (c) s (d) w
10. 10.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) l (c) p (d) b
12. 12.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) g
14. 14.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) b
17. 17.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) answer (c) knee (d) island
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) l (c) s (d) w
19. 19.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) s (c) g (d) t
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) b (b) l (c) g (d) w
22. 22.Which word has a silent t? (a) sign (b) knife (c) design (d) glisten
23. 23.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) sign (c) knot (d) climb
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) t (c) p (d) w
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) rushing long words (d) dropping word endings
26. 26.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) h (b) w (c) s (d) g
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) saying word endings (d) tongue twister warm-ups
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) sword (b) honest (c) walk (d) foreign
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
31. 31.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
33. 33.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) k (b) t (c) l (d) p
35. 35.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) t
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) w
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) g (c) k (d) p
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) rushing long words (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) two (c) fasten (d) rhino

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