Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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