Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 244 · 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 makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) a steady pace (c) opening your mouth well (d) saying word endings
2. 2.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) rhino (c) walk (d) reign
3. 3.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) mumble it quickly (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) l (b) k (c) h (d) b
6. 6.Which word has a silent s? (a) hour (b) foreign (c) island (d) castle
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) w (c) h (d) l
8. 8.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) learning new maths
9. 9.Which word has a silent g? (a) walk (b) wrist (c) sign (d) yolk
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
11. 11.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) fasten (c) comb (d) walk
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) checking names first (c) breaking long words up (d) dropping word endings
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
16. 16.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) rushing long words (d) checking names first
18. 18.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrist (b) listen (c) knee (d) debt
19. 19.Which word has a silent p? (a) hour (b) fasten (c) half (d) receipt
20. 20.🔤 Does covering your mouth 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 “education”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) t (b) g (c) h (d) b
23. 23.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) w (c) l (d) h
25. 25.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) debt (b) aisle (c) knit (d) climb
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) t
30. 30.Which word has a silent w? (a) answer (b) glisten (c) knife (d) foreign
31. 31.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent l? (a) knee (b) palm (c) reign (d) cupboard
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
36. 36.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
37. 37.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
38. 38.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) k (b) w (c) t (d) h

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