Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 235 · 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 checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
2. 2.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) learning new maths
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) l (b) b (c) k (d) w
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) w (b) l (c) p (d) g
7. 7.Which word has a silent k? (a) wrist (b) write (c) knee (d) sword
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) guessing a hard name
9. 9.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
10. 10.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.Which word has a silent l? (a) wrist (b) rhino (c) glisten (d) walk
12. 12.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) covering your mouth (c) breaking long words up (d) checking names first
13. 13.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) half (c) receipt (d) honest
14. 14.Which word has a silent k? (a) yolk (b) sign (c) sword (d) knit
15. 15.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) correct stress (c) a good pause (d) clear speech
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) g
17. 17.Which word has a silent p? (a) palm (b) island (c) cupboard (d) aisle
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) answer (c) wrap (d) island
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) l (c) h (d) p
23. 23.Which word has a silent p? (a) glisten (b) write (c) debt (d) raspberry
24. 24.Which word has a silent l? (a) two (b) talk (c) write (d) sign
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) p (b) k (c) w (d) h
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) rushing long words
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) opening your mouth well (c) checking names first (d) a steady pace
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) w (b) k (c) t (d) l
29. 29.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
30. 30.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) skip it (d) break it into syllables
31. 31.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) hour (c) knot (d) castle
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) w (b) h (c) t (d) l
33. 33.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) opening your mouth well (d) breaking long words up
34. 34.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) mumble it quickly (c) guess it on stage (d) skip the name
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) g
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) p
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) g
38. 38.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) s (b) h (c) p (d) t
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) k (b) p (c) b (d) l

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