Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 274 · 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 p? (a) hour (b) sign (c) island (d) receipt
3. 3.Which word has a silent t? (a) knife (b) talk (c) receipt (d) castle
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) b
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “pronunciation”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent b? (a) island (b) glisten (c) lamb (d) knee
7. 7.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) p (b) h (c) s (d) k
9. 9.Which word has a silent k? (a) knee (b) half (c) two (d) lamb
10. 10.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “microphone”?
11. 11.🔤 Does checking names first help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) mumble it quickly (b) skip the name (c) ask and practise it (d) guess it on stage
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) b (b) k (c) h (d) w
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) k (b) w (c) g (d) t
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) half (b) knob (c) rhino (d) climb
17. 17.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) saying word endings (d) checking names first
18. 18.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) whisper it (c) skip it (d) say it in one rush
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “write”? (a) t (b) w (c) g (d) k
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “mic”?
21. 21.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
22. 22.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) k (b) w (c) p (d) g
23. 23.Which word has a silent p? (a) aisle (b) climb (c) knee (d) cupboard
24. 24.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) h (b) l (c) w (d) g
25. 25.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) palm (b) reign (c) knife (d) doubt
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) k (c) b (d) w
28. 28.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
29. 29.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) testing your hearing (b) learning new maths (c) making people sleepy (d) warming up clear speech
30. 30.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) mumbling into your chest (c) dropping word endings (d) saying word endings
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) p (c) h (d) w
32. 32.🔤 Does guessing a hard name help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrist (b) fasten (c) honest (d) doubt
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) l (b) w (c) s (d) p
35. 35.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) a good pause (b) correct stress (c) clear speech (d) dropping word endings
36. 36.Which word has a silent g? (a) glisten (b) castle (c) sign (d) knee
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) k (b) b (c) t (d) h
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) h (b) l (c) g (d) w
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) w (b) t (c) b (d) l

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