Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 247 · 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 a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) w (b) k (c) l (d) p
3. 3.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) s (b) p (c) w (d) b
4. 4.Which word has a silent h? (a) design (b) rhino (c) island (d) castle
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrap”? (a) h (b) w (c) g (d) l
6. 6.📖 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
7. 7.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) dropping word endings (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) a steady pace (d) saying word endings
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) l (b) b (c) t (d) w
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “castle”? (a) p (b) w (c) t (d) k
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) breaking long words up (c) dropping word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) b (b) h (c) s (d) p
13. 13.Which word has a silent g? (a) cupboard (b) fasten (c) design (d) knit
14. 14.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) testing your hearing (d) learning new maths
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) w (c) l (d) k
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) t
17. 17.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) tongue twister warm-ups
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) sword (b) write (c) raspberry (d) hour
19. 19.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) correct stress
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) t (b) g (c) w (d) h
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) a steady pace (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) rushing long words
23. 23.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) g (b) h (c) w (d) k
24. 24.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) w (c) b (d) s
26. 26.Which word has a silent w? (a) knife (b) answer (c) knee (d) folk
27. 27.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
29. 29.Which word has a silent g? (a) knot (b) glisten (c) calm (d) foreign
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “aisle”? (a) l (b) k (c) t (d) s
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
32. 32.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) s (b) t (c) g (d) l
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) g (b) k (c) b (d) w
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) saying word endings
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “rhino”? (a) g (b) w (c) k (d) h
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) b (b) t (c) s (d) g
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) b (b) t (c) w (d) p
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) b (b) g (c) p (d) s

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