Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 230 · 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.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) p (c) g (d) w
4. 4.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent l? (a) knob (b) walk (c) castle (d) answer
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) knit (c) write (d) sword
8. 8.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) p (c) k (d) l
11. 11.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) learning new maths (c) testing your hearing (d) making people sleepy
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) a steady pace (d) breaking long words up
13. 13.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which word has a silent p? (a) knot (b) cupboard (c) hour (d) wrist
15. 15.Which word has a silent l? (a) fasten (b) receipt (c) sign (d) folk
16. 16.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) dropping word endings (c) correct stress (d) clear speech
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) l (b) s (c) t (d) w
18. 18.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) g (b) p (c) s (d) l
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
22. 22.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.📖 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
24. 24.Which word has a silent g? (a) raspberry (b) knife (c) design (d) rhino
25. 25.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) g (b) b (c) k (d) t
27. 27.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) knife (c) reign (d) foreign
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) t (c) k (d) l
29. 29.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) g
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) s
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
33. 33.Which word has a silent w? (a) two (b) raspberry (c) castle (d) hour
34. 34.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) s (b) b (c) g (d) p
36. 36.Which word has a silent p? (a) two (b) honest (c) comb (d) receipt
37. 37.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) g (b) b (c) t (d) l
39. 39.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) t (c) g (d) s

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