Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 280 · 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 “confident”?
2. 2.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) opening your mouth well (b) a steady pace (c) checking names first (d) dropping word endings
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “cupboard”? (a) p (b) h (c) k (d) b
5. 5.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) k (b) s (c) b (d) w
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) chewing gum as you talk (b) dropping word endings (c) mumbling into your chest (d) breaking long words up
7. 7.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) g (b) k (c) h (d) p
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
9. 9.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “wrist”? (a) p (b) k (c) w (d) t
10. 10.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
11. 11.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
13. 13.👅 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
14. 14.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) k (b) g (c) h (d) p
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) talk (b) glisten (c) knit (d) knob
16. 16.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) g (b) t (c) l (d) b
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “climb”? (a) p (b) l (c) w (d) b
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) s (b) l (c) w (d) k
19. 19.Which word has a silent k? (a) answer (b) doubt (c) wrap (d) knob
20. 20.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “design”? (a) s (b) t (c) l (d) g
22. 22.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) a steady pace (c) mumbling into your chest (d) covering your mouth
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “congratulations”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
25. 25.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) guessing a hard name (b) mumbling into your chest (c) checking names first (d) chewing gum as you talk
26. 26.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) k (b) h (c) s (d) l
27. 27.Which word has a silent h? (a) foreign (b) castle (c) listen (d) honest
28. 28.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) skip the name (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
29. 29.Which word has a silent w? (a) sign (b) listen (c) island (d) wrist
30. 30.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) knot (c) walk (d) sign
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) g
32. 32.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) t (b) l (c) w (d) s
33. 33.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) t
35. 35.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “slogan”?
36. 36.Which word has a silent l? (a) folk (b) sword (c) wrist (d) aisle
37. 37.Which word has a silent k? (a) aisle (b) honest (c) glisten (d) knit
38. 38.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
39. 39.Which word has a silent l? (a) knit (b) yolk (c) knot (d) island
40. 40.Which word has a silent k? (a) honest (b) knot (c) aisle (d) yolk

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