Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 223 · 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) dropping word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) covering your mouth
2. 2.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) doubt (c) fasten (d) sword
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent h? (a) calm (b) foreign (c) hour (d) knot
5. 5.Which word has a silent g? (a) sign (b) cupboard (c) glisten (d) fasten
6. 6.👅 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
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) tongue twister warm-ups
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
9. 9.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) clear speech (b) a good pause (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
11. 11.Which word has a silent w? (a) debt (b) knife (c) write (d) hour
12. 12.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) write (c) island (d) answer
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) hour (c) knee (d) knit
14. 14.Which word has a silent w? (a) crumb (b) sword (c) sign (d) glisten
15. 15.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) b (b) k (c) w (d) t
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
18. 18.Which word has a silent t? (a) reign (b) castle (c) receipt (d) debt
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) w (b) k (c) g (d) b
20. 20.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) lamb (c) rhino (d) two
21. 21.🔤 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
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) covering your mouth
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) h (b) k (c) s (d) w
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
25. 25.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) knit (c) yolk (d) half
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) breaking long words up
27. 27.Which word has a silent p? (a) wrap (b) debt (c) receipt (d) doubt
28. 28.Which word has a silent t? (a) knot (b) two (c) listen (d) crumb
29. 29.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
30. 30.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) l (b) p (c) h (d) w
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) g (c) h (d) k
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) a steady pace (c) guessing a hard name (d) saying word endings
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) k (b) h (c) b (d) s
35. 35.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) lamb (c) foreign (d) knife
36. 36.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) t (b) b (c) w (d) p
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) cupboard (c) island (d) wrap
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) reign (b) comb (c) knee (d) folk
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) s (c) h (d) p

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