Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 218 · 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 b? (a) island (b) knife (c) half (d) debt
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) b
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) h (c) g (d) k
5. 5.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) g (b) b (c) s (d) h
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) g
8. 8.Which word has a silent p? (a) climb (b) raspberry (c) knit (d) listen
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) checking names first (b) covering your mouth (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
10. 10.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) covering your mouth (c) dropping word endings (d) a steady pace
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) wrap (b) foreign (c) design (d) receipt
12. 12.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) opening your mouth well (d) guessing a hard name
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
15. 15.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
16. 16.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) h (b) k (c) s (d) g
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) g
19. 19.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) break it into syllables (d) say it in one rush
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) l (c) w (d) h
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
23. 23.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) foreign (c) knob (d) write
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) b
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
27. 27.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
29. 29.📖 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) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
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.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
33. 33.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
34. 34.Which word has a silent g? (a) wrist (b) foreign (c) knot (d) rhino
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) knee (b) answer (c) raspberry (d) sign
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) w (c) b (d) p
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) comb (b) doubt (c) calm (d) wrist
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) k (c) p (d) w
40. 40.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) opening your mouth well (c) mumbling into your chest (d) dropping word endings

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