Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 285 · 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 of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) breaking long words up (c) guessing a hard name (d) chewing gum as you talk
2. 2.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “two”? (a) k (b) b (c) w (d) l
3. 3.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) skip it (b) break it into syllables (c) whisper it (d) say it in one rush
4. 4.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) reign (c) write (d) receipt
5. 5.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “celebration”?
6. 6.Which word has a silent k? (a) knife (b) hour (c) write (d) two
7. 7.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “honest”? (a) p (b) h (c) t (d) g
9. 9.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) tongue twister warm-ups (b) breaking long words up (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) a steady pace
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “talk”? (a) g (b) h (c) t (d) l
11. 11.Which word has a silent b? (a) knee (b) debt (c) wrist (d) reign
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “stage”?
13. 13.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “listen”? (a) s (b) h (c) t (d) g
14. 14.Which word has a silent g? (a) knob (b) design (c) knife (d) calm
15. 15.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
16. 16.🔤 Does dropping word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
17. 17.📖 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
18. 18.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “education”?
19. 19.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “glisten”? (a) w (b) t (c) k (d) g
20. 20.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speaker”?
21. 21.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “palm”? (a) g (b) s (c) w (d) l
22. 22.Which word has a silent s? (a) island (b) sword (c) wrist (d) lamb
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
24. 24.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) chewing gum as you talk (c) rushing long words (d) a steady pace
25. 25.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
26. 26.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “speech”?
27. 27.🔤 Does chewing gum as you talk help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “foreign”? (a) g (b) b (c) l (d) k
29. 29.Which word has a silent h? (a) hour (b) aisle (c) two (d) knit
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) w (b) s (c) k (d) t
31. 31.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) covering your mouth (c) guessing a hard name (d) tongue twister warm-ups
32. 32.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) making people sleepy (b) warming up clear speech (c) learning new maths (d) testing your hearing
33. 33.Which word has a silent h? (a) honest (b) design (c) palm (d) aisle
34. 34.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “examination”?
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knee”? (a) k (b) g (c) w (d) h
36. 36.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “gesture”?
37. 37.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “crumb”? (a) t (b) b (c) h (d) s
38. 38.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) dropping word endings (c) guessing a hard name (d) opening your mouth well
39. 39.Which word has a silent p? (a) calm (b) sign (c) cupboard (d) two
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) g (b) h (c) k (d) w

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