Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 263 · 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 covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
2. 2.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) sword (c) knob (d) knee
5. 5.Which word has a silent w? (a) raspberry (b) knife (c) write (d) honest
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) h (b) p (c) l (d) b
7. 7.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.📖 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
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?
10. 10.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) checking names first (c) opening your mouth well (d) dropping word endings
11. 11.Which word has a silent p? (a) crumb (b) hour (c) receipt (d) wrist
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) s (b) k (c) p (d) h
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) h (c) g (d) p
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “confident”?
16. 16.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “voice”?
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) breaking long words up
19. 19.Which word has a silent l? (a) sign (b) castle (c) talk (d) comb
20. 20.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) break it into syllables (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
21. 21.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) write (c) knife (d) two
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “communication”?
23. 23.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) t (b) s (c) p (d) w
25. 25.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) lamb (b) knot (c) walk (d) listen
27. 27.Which word has a silent b? (a) crumb (b) sword (c) island (d) raspberry
28. 28.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
29. 29.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) p (b) l (c) g (d) s
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) s (b) b (c) w (d) h
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) p
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) t (b) h (c) k (d) b
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “receipt”? (a) p (b) g (c) l (d) s
35. 35.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) knee (c) palm (d) folk
36. 36.Which word has a silent s? (a) calm (b) sign (c) aisle (d) walk
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) w (b) k (c) h (d) p
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) s (b) l (c) g (d) p
39. 39.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) mumbling into your chest (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) sword (b) two (c) climb (d) rhino

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