Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 264 · 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.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “together”?
2. 2.Which word has a silent w? (a) yolk (b) cupboard (c) sign (d) sword
3. 3.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
4. 4.Which word has a silent p? (a) glisten (b) receipt (c) wrist (d) comb
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
6. 6.📖 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
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
8. 8.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) debt (c) climb (d) receipt
9. 9.Which word has a silent t? (a) fasten (b) write (c) talk (d) knife
10. 10.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
11. 11.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) t (b) h (c) p (d) w
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “competition”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) p (b) w (c) h (d) g
14. 14.Which word has a silent p? (a) yolk (b) cupboard (c) write (d) listen
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
16. 16.🔤 Does covering your mouth help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
17. 17.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) folk (c) fasten (d) knob
18. 18.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) mumbling into your chest (c) breaking long words up (d) covering your mouth
19. 19.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
20. 20.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
21. 21.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) t
23. 23.Which word has a silent w? (a) listen (b) half (c) doubt (d) wrist
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) fasten (b) half (c) palm (d) write
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) k (b) t (c) w (d) l
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) calm (b) debt (c) wrist (d) knee
27. 27.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) rhino (c) answer (d) sign
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) saying word endings (b) guessing a hard name (c) checking names first (d) opening your mouth well
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) s
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) k (b) p (c) w (d) h
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) wrap (c) walk (d) hour
35. 35.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
37. 37.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) mumbling into your chest
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) l (b) g (c) h (d) t
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) palm (b) raspberry (c) island (d) crumb
40. 40.Which word has a silent h? (a) knee (b) knot (c) sign (d) rhino

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