Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 242 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) h (b) p (c) k (d) w
3. 3.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) saying word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) tongue twister warm-ups
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) ask and practise it (c) mumble it quickly (d) skip the name
5. 5.Which word has a silent s? (a) palm (b) climb (c) crumb (d) island
6. 6.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) g (b) k (c) s (d) w
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) k (c) h (d) t
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
10. 10.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) dropping word endings (c) clear speech (d) a good pause
11. 11.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) castle (c) sword (d) wrap
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
13. 13.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) g (c) l (d) p
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent g? (a) rhino (b) knife (c) castle (d) sign
17. 17.Which word has a silent k? (a) fasten (b) honest (c) knot (d) two
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
19. 19.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
21. 21.Which word has a silent p? (a) cupboard (b) fasten (c) debt (d) rhino
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
23. 23.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
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 “example”?
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
27. 27.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) opening your mouth well (c) covering your mouth (d) breaking long words up
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) g
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
30. 30.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) castle (c) listen (d) raspberry
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) t (b) w (c) p (d) h
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) h
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
35. 35.Which word has a silent h? (a) doubt (b) knot (c) hour (d) listen
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) w (b) p (c) t (d) k
37. 37.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
38. 38.Which word has a silent g? (a) foreign (b) write (c) fasten (d) knee
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) guessing a hard name (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) rushing long words
40. 40.Which word has a silent g? (a) knife (b) crumb (c) half (d) design

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