Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 284 · 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.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) break it into syllables (b) skip it (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) g (c) p (d) h
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
4. 4.Which word has a silent k? (a) comb (b) receipt (c) hour (d) knee
5. 5.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) a steady pace (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) dropping word endings
6. 6.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
7. 7.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) skip the name (b) guess it on stage (c) mumble it quickly (d) ask and practise it
8. 8.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “important”?
9. 9.🔤 Does mumbling into your chest help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) l (b) g (c) b (d) p
11. 11.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “cricket”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent t? (a) wrap (b) fasten (c) design (d) hour
14. 14.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
15. 15.Which word has a silent t? (a) listen (b) knee (c) lamb (d) honest
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) checking names first (d) guessing a hard name
17. 17.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) s (b) w (c) t (d) l
18. 18.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) a steady pace (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) mumbling into your chest
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “reign”? (a) h (b) g (c) p (d) s
20. 20.Which word has a silent h? (a) answer (b) talk (c) comb (d) hour
21. 21.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) dropping word endings (b) clear speech (c) a good pause (d) correct stress
22. 22.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) breaking long words up (c) saying word endings (d) opening your mouth well
23. 23.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
24. 24.Which word has a silent s? (a) receipt (b) folk (c) aisle (d) climb
25. 25.👅 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
26. 26.Which word has a silent k? (a) half (b) knife (c) design (d) foreign
27. 27.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sword”? (a) w (b) g (c) b (d) s
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “raspberry”? (a) s (b) p (c) k (d) w
29. 29.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) breaking long words up (b) opening your mouth well (c) tongue twister warm-ups (d) dropping word endings
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) l (b) k (c) g (d) t
31. 31.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “doubt”? (a) s (b) b (c) p (d) h
32. 32.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
33. 33.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
34. 34.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) w (b) l (c) b (d) k
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knit”? (a) l (b) k (c) s (d) p
36. 36.Which word has a silent b? (a) talk (b) climb (c) answer (d) calm
37. 37.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
38. 38.Which word has a silent l? (a) honest (b) sword (c) calm (d) knee
39. 39.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) l (b) b (c) h (d) k
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “comb”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) s

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