Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 222 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) saying word endings (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
2. 2.Which word has a silent k? (a) receipt (b) raspberry (c) wrist (d) knife
3. 3.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) talk (b) honest (c) knee (d) cupboard
5. 5.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
6. 6.Which word has a silent w? (a) walk (b) honest (c) wrist (d) receipt
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) breaking long words up (c) rushing long words (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) knit (b) rhino (c) write (d) calm
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) mumbling into your chest
10. 10.Which word has a silent s? (a) knife (b) comb (c) island (d) cupboard
11. 11.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) t (b) p (c) w (d) h
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) t
16. 16.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
17. 17.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
18. 18.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) crumb (c) yolk (d) receipt
20. 20.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) palm (c) half (d) comb
22. 22.Which word has a silent l? (a) design (b) honest (c) lamb (d) calm
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) p
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) t
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
26. 26.Which word has a silent b? (a) climb (b) knife (c) answer (d) knot
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) s (b) l (c) g (d) p
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) h (b) l (c) p (d) b
30. 30.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) half (c) folk (d) knee
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) h
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) hour (c) folk (d) aisle
35. 35.Which word has a silent p? (a) knob (b) walk (c) raspberry (d) sword
36. 36.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) design (c) cupboard (d) answer
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
38. 38.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) t (b) p (c) k (d) w
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) h (b) w (c) p (d) k

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