Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 278 · 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.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
2. 2.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) hour (c) palm (d) glisten
3. 3.Which word has a silent b? (a) walk (b) write (c) honest (d) crumb
4. 4.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
5. 5.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) warming up clear speech (b) testing your hearing (c) learning new maths (d) making people sleepy
6. 6.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) b (c) g (d) w
7. 7.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “clear”?
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
9. 9.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
10. 10.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) say it in one rush (b) whisper it (c) break it into syllables (d) skip it
11. 11.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) a steady pace (d) mumbling into your chest
12. 12.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) b (b) l (c) k (d) h
13. 13.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) rushing long words (c) a steady pace (d) checking names first
14. 14.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
15. 15.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
16. 16.Which word has a silent h? (a) wrist (b) honest (c) wrap (d) climb
17. 17.Which word has a silent g? (a) receipt (b) reign (c) rhino (d) wrap
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) w
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) folk (c) crumb (d) knit
20. 20.🔤 Does rushing long words help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) t (b) s (c) b (d) g
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
24. 24.Which word has a silent w? (a) aisle (b) knob (c) answer (d) sign
25. 25.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) b (b) w (c) l (d) k
26. 26.Which word has a silent p? (a) knee (b) knife (c) castle (d) cupboard
27. 27.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) guessing a hard name (c) rushing long words (d) saying word endings
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) w (b) p (c) g (d) s
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “hour”? (a) g (b) s (c) b (d) h
30. 30.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) checking names first (c) dropping word endings (d) guessing a hard name
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) p (c) t (d) h
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
34. 34.Which word has a silent h? (a) glisten (b) lamb (c) hour (d) debt
35. 35.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) castle (b) fasten (c) lamb (d) knit
37. 37.📖 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) guess it on stage (d) ask and practise it
38. 38.Which word has a silent w? (a) island (b) receipt (c) knob (d) wrist
39. 39.Which word has a silent s? (a) aisle (b) raspberry (c) answer (d) hour
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) k (b) t (c) h (d) b

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