Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 234 · 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 “talk”? (a) w (b) l (c) t (d) s
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) breaking long words up (c) a steady pace (d) guessing a hard name
3. 3.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) guess it on stage (c) skip the name (d) mumble it quickly
4. 4.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) saying word endings (d) dropping word endings
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) g
6. 6.Which word has a silent g? (a) talk (b) glisten (c) listen (d) reign
7. 7.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) checking names first (c) covering your mouth (d) mumbling into your chest
8. 8.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
11. 11.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) receipt (c) talk (d) fasten
12. 12.Which word has a silent w? (a) foreign (b) raspberry (c) wrist (d) calm
13. 13.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) h
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) h (c) b (d) t
16. 16.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) knife (c) sword (d) folk
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) h (b) t (c) g (d) b
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) b (b) t (c) g (d) l
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) saying word endings (b) rushing long words (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
22. 22.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) opening your mouth well
24. 24.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “presentation”?
26. 26.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
27. 27.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) h
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) t (b) h (c) w (d) p
31. 31.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) mumbling into your chest (d) saying word endings
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) rushing long words (b) saying word endings (c) breaking long words up (d) a steady pace
34. 34.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) h (b) s (c) p (d) g
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) climb (b) raspberry (c) wrist (d) island
37. 37.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) aisle (c) debt (d) rhino
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “assembly”?
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) rushing long words
40. 40.Which word has a silent p? (a) answer (b) fasten (c) sword (d) cupboard

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