Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 217 · 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 l? (a) sign (b) listen (c) talk (d) wrap
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) dropping word endings (d) clear speech
3. 3.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) knot (c) comb (d) hour
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) w
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) foreign (c) climb (d) rhino
6. 6.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
8. 8.Which word has a silent k? (a) rhino (b) palm (c) knit (d) raspberry
9. 9.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) making people sleepy (c) testing your hearing (d) warming up clear speech
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) fasten (b) aisle (c) listen (d) crumb
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) knee (c) island (d) write
13. 13.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) fasten (c) folk (d) honest
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) h (b) w (c) l (d) s
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) walk (c) answer (d) design
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
20. 20.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) guessing a hard name (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) b (b) p (c) l (d) t
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) k (c) l (d) b
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) t (c) p (d) h
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) s (b) p (c) l (d) k
25. 25.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
26. 26.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) design (c) castle (d) talk
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) a steady pace (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) opening your mouth well
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) w (b) l (c) k (d) p
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) b (b) t (c) l (d) w
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) l
32. 32.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) hour (c) two (d) yolk
33. 33.Which word has a silent s? (a) receipt (b) island (c) rhino (d) half
34. 34.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) guess it on stage
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) h
37. 37.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) honest (c) lamb (d) wrist
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) p (b) w (c) s (d) t
39. 39.Which word has a silent h? (a) debt (b) rhino (c) write (d) fasten
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) w

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