Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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