Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 232 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) raspberry (c) half (d) knife
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) whisper it
4. 4.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) s (c) t (d) g
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) w (b) b (c) l (d) t
7. 7.Which word has a silent g? (a) palm (b) design (c) write (d) knob
8. 8.Which word has a silent w? (a) cupboard (b) half (c) answer (d) debt
9. 9.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) knee (c) comb (d) knob
10. 10.Which word has a silent p? (a) yolk (b) folk (c) raspberry (d) talk
11. 11.Which word has a silent s? (a) honest (b) lamb (c) island (d) write
12. 12.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
14. 14.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) mumbling into your chest (c) rushing long words (d) covering your mouth
15. 15.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) sword (c) design (d) knob
17. 17.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) h (c) w (d) l
22. 22.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
23. 23.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) warming up clear speech (c) making people sleepy (d) testing your hearing
24. 24.Which word has a silent k? (a) foreign (b) knife (c) sword (d) listen
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) g (b) t (c) p (d) h
26. 26.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) chewing gum as you talk
28. 28.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) ask and practise it (d) mumble it quickly
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) checking names first (c) guessing a hard name (d) a steady pace
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) s (b) p (c) b (d) w
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) lamb (b) answer (c) honest (d) knot
32. 32.Which word has a silent k? (a) reign (b) sign (c) two (d) knot
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) w (c) l (d) k
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) h (b) b (c) w (d) l
35. 35.Which word has a silent l? (a) write (b) doubt (c) fasten (d) yolk
36. 36.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) h (c) l (d) b
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) l (b) t (c) s (d) w
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) l (b) g (c) w (d) h
40. 40.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) wrap (c) calm (d) knit

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