Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

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

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