Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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