Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 273 · 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 “knee”? (a) k (b) w (c) b (d) t
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) w (b) t (c) l (d) k
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) say it in one rush (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
4. 4.Which word has a silent l? (a) calm (b) climb (c) honest (d) comb
5. 5.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
6. 6.Which word has a silent t? (a) sword (b) knit (c) fasten (d) knife
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “imagination”?
8. 8.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) mumbling into your chest (d) a steady pace
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) raspberry (b) comb (c) knit (d) foreign
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
11. 11.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.Which word has a silent b? (a) comb (b) cupboard (c) knot (d) write
13. 13.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) design (c) comb (d) calm
15. 15.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) l (c) w (d) t
16. 16.👅 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
17. 17.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
18. 18.Which word has a silent p? (a) lamb (b) wrist (c) raspberry (d) talk
19. 19.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) g (b) b (c) h (d) w
21. 21.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) ask and practise it (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) guess it on stage
22. 22.Which word has a silent p? (a) receipt (b) knit (c) castle (d) climb
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) g
26. 26.Which word has a silent l? (a) rhino (b) wrist (c) half (d) wrap
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) b (c) s (d) p
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) p (b) h (c) b (d) g
29. 29.Which word has a silent s? (a) write (b) aisle (c) wrap (d) palm
30. 30.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) opening your mouth well (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) mumbling into your chest
32. 32.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “lamb”? (a) t (b) s (c) b (d) l
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “practice”?
35. 35.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) breaking long words up (b) guessing a hard name (c) dropping word endings (d) covering your mouth
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) p (b) k (c) b (d) g
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “walk”? (a) h (b) l (c) s (d) p
38. 38.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “debt”? (a) b (b) p (c) k (d) t
39. 39.Which word has a silent b? (a) wrap (b) wrist (c) fasten (d) lamb
40. 40.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “example”?

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